 | 1869 - 654 páginas
...with difficulties; but— ' Gently, softly, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.' God will help me, and, relying upon Him, I will go forward hopefully." On October 26th he writes:—"... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1869 - 1108 páginas
...reminded him of the lines — " Gently, gently, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Seize it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." And if they touched this question boldly they would reap the benefit. MR. D. DALEYMPLE said, he would... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 páginas
...injustice.* Epilogue to Zara. 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. Verses written on a V/indow in Scotland. 'T is the same with common natures : Use 'em kindly, they... | |
 | Henry Clay Fish - 1867 - 172 páginas
...timid, doubtful, strike out! "Tender-handed stroke the nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." And remember the saying of a French author : " It is the first step that costs." That is the difficult... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 páginas
...thought. THE NETTLE'S LESSON. 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. 'Tia the same with common natures ; Use them kindly, they rebel : But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And... | |
 | Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1871 - 572 páginas
...proof of this theorem we find 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. If there be in mathematics a nettle danger out of which has been plucked the flower safety, it is speculation... | |
 | India, Fendall Currie - 1872 - 1084 páginas
...the words of the poet — " 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 — Use them kindly they rebel : But be rough as nutmeg graters, And they will obey... | |
 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 páginas
...heart was more. VULGAR NATURES. 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 vulgar natures, Use them kindly, they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg graters, And... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 páginas
...intercessors. Shakespeare. If you gently stroke a nettle, Mark ! it stings you for your pains ; But seize 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,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...injustice.1 Epilogue to Zara. 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. Verses written on a Window in Scotland. 'T is the same with common natures : Use 'em kindly, they rebel... | |
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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. 
