 | J. H. Robinson (surgeon.) - 1822 - 442 σελίδες
...among any class of individuals, * " Tender-handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Tis the same with all these creatures, Use them kindly they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters,... | |
 | 1874 - 594 σελίδες
...whom this old adage will apply : Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings yon for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. "Pis the case with common natures, Treat them kindly, they rebel ; But he rough as nutmeg-graters,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 σελίδες
...obligation is a pain." — J. BOSWELL. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. "1'is the same with common natures: Use them kindly, they rebel ; But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,... | |
 | William Bailey - 1826 - 244 σελίδες
...chorus has invariably been — ' Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings 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 kindly, they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg graters, And... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 σελίδες
...obligation is a pain." — J. BOSWELL. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings 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 kindly, they rebel ; But, be rough" as nutmeg-graters,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 σελίδες
...the root's above ground.'A SIMILE. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Tis the same with common natures,Use 'em kindly, they rebel ; But, be rough as nutmeg-graters, And... | |
 | 1853 - 542 σελίδες
...fecit ?" — the deus ex ,nachind" " If you gently touch a nettle, It will sting yon for your pains : Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." If you will take the trouble to imagine all the rain which fell since Michaelmas, '52, discharged in... | |
 | 1832 - 564 σελίδες
...Gliis. Nov. 14, 1831. THE NETTLE. TENDERHANDED, press a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Press it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains : So it is with vulgar natures, Treat them kindly they repel, — Use them rough, like nutmeg graters,... | |
 | 1835 - 252 σελίδες
...three topers to bed. CHAPTER XL " Tender-handed touch a 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 : Treat them gently they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the... | |
 | Britannicus (pseud.) - 1836 - 24 σελίδες
...the well-known epigram — " Tender handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Squeeze it, like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." If Mr. Salomons and his friends had met this threatened attack,' in the case of his shrievalty, without... | |
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Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 
