...by his pencil wrought Gave colour, and a body to the thought, THE NETTLE'S LESSON. Ten der-1 landed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures ; Use them kindly, they rebel : But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And...

...Aaron Hill's famous lines on the Nettle well explain this. Tender handed touch a nettle, It will sting you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains ! 'Tis the same with common natures, Use them gently — they rebel : Be as rough as nutmeg graters...

...think you will have the key to the whole situation. It ia only another illustration of the old rhyme : Tender-handed stroke a nettle. And it stings you for...like a man of mettle. And it soft as silk remains. If the Minister of Labour had grasped this matter like a man of mettle, he would not have the trouble...

...The same writer deserves the credit of the words, if not of the philosophy, of the following : — ' Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains : Grasp it as a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. "Pis the same with common natures : Use them kindly...

...best, the very best, of his powers." — Fothergill. "Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it f tings you for your pains. Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as down remains." "Don't flinch; don't foul; but hit the line hard."— Rootovelt. "The more difficulties...

..." Yon Mike, cum and hep me, pelt dis bid budder wi' mud." EPIGRAM. Gently touch a stinging-nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it, like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. So it is with common natures — Use them kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the...

...all Civil Acquaintance again Tenderhearted touch a Nettle And it stings you for your Pains; Squeeze it like a Man of Mettle And it soft as Silk remains. This is part of an Epigram made by Aaron Hill when he had brought down Mr. Pope's proud Spirit.1 But...

...And he ordered that from then onwards all the monks on lona should eat proper meals. Tender handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains....like a man of mettle and it soft as silk remains. AARON HILL, i750 Nettle Soup In Ireland there was once an annual feast on May I called Feile na Neantog....

...Science (1993) Aaron Hill 1685-1750 Knulis.lt ¡toft und dramatist 1 1 Tender-handed stroke a netlle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Verses Written on n Window in Scotland' Christopher Hill 1912 Rritisli historian 12 Only very slowly...

...becomes." Mobberly resorted to poetry to describe the way for a master to proceed: Tender handed brush a nettle And it stings you for your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle And as silk it soft remains 1t is the case with common natures Treat them kindly, they rebel But be rough...