 | 1837 - 530 σελίδες
...recollect Swift's doggerels :— " Tender-handed press a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." Mr. Sanders, a Liverpool corn merchant, recommended the lowering of the pivot price of wheat 10s. per... | |
 | George Merryweather (pseud.?) - 1838 - 476 σελίδες
...and d .xtaraly than themselves. "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. Thus it is with vulgar natures ; Use them kindly, they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 σελίδες
...is earnestly recommended : — " Tender-hearted stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft, as silk remaius. Tis the same with common natures : Use them gently, they rebel; But be rough, like nutmeg... | |
 | Joel Samuel Polack - 1840 - 334 σελίδες
...advises the handling of a nettle.24 24 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 ; So it is with human natures, use them kindly, — they rebel, But be rough as nutmeg graters, and... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 σελίδες
...over-exciting it at first; and that you may be able to keep up, by the natural stimulus only, the help yon have given yourself by the artificial. Regard the...make you feel; but Grasp it like a man of mettle, And the rogue obeys you well. Do not the less,however, on that account, take all reasonable precaution... | |
 | George Robins Gliddon - 1841 - 236 σελίδες
...experienced the truth of the sentence, " 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." But, it is possible that I should not have entered so fully upon the arcana of Consular relations,... | |
 | 1843 - 280 σελίδες
...indulgence ceases to be mercy.; 1843.3 2o, 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 : but, provided toe are acquainted with the conditions under which we use them, moral instruments are... | |
 | Floral fancies - 1843 - 372 σελίδες
...happily expressed by Aaron Hill : — " 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." The young tops of the Nettle are sometimes used as a pot-herb, and Haller tells us — " Que son ecorce... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 σελίδες
...the help you have given yourself by the artificial. Regard the bad weather as somebody has advised ua to handle the nettle. In proportion as you are delicate...you feel ; but Grasp it like a man of mettle, And the rogue obeys you well. Do not the less, however, on that account, take all reasonable precaution... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 σελίδες
...over-exciting it at first ; and "hat you may be able to keep up, by the natural stimulus only, &•" help you have given yourself by the artificial. Regard...you feel ; but Grasp it like a man of mettle, And the rogue obeys you well. Do not the less, however, on that account, take all reasonable precaution... | |
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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. 
