 | 1867 - 838 trang
...father's knee, your little prattling tongue was taught i utter the nursery rhyme — " Tender-handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains, Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." In youth, when with tripping step and blitheful heart, you hurried to th« schoolmaster with a bag... | |
 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1867 - 592 trang
...readers will, perhaps, remember the following rendering of this proverb : — Gently, softly touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp It like a man of mettle, And it soft as зШс remame."— Editor. Satan is strong, but Jesus has conquered him. Satan is wise, but Jesus is... | |
 | Daniel Stevens Dickinson - 1867 - 772 trang
...should be spoken of and reprehended as it deserves. " Tender-handed touch a nettle, And 'twill sting you for your pains ; Grasp it, like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." The agitation of this sensitive and disturbing element in the political conflicts of the day has not... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 trang
...'t, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront, and jealousy injustice.1 Epilogue to Zara. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...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... | |
 | Leigh Page - 1868 - 296 trang
...will harm you not : ' 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.' All do not sting like the small nettle (Urtica urens), with green blossoms, or the great nettle ( Urtica... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 trang
...and sound your trust is, Fear is affront : and jealousy injustice.* Epilogue to Zara. Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains...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... | |
 | 1869 - 654 trang
...day in making arrangements for the future. I meet with difficulties; but— ' Gently, softly, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp...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 trang
...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... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 trang
...various figures by liis pencil wrought Gave colour, and a body to the thought. THE NETTLE'S LESSON. Tender-handed stroke a nettle. And it stings you for...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... | |
 | Henry Clay Fish - 1867 - 172 trang
...how to use his tools by using them. If you are 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... | |
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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. 
