 | Cambridge Philosophical Society - Philosophy - 1871 - 572 pages
...and Bl is an equal of the ratio of Ay-i and 50-i . On looking at the proof of this theorem we find Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...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... | |
 | Anti-Catholicism - 1871 - 348 pages
...spoken of in honied phrases, or its condemnation uttered with rose-watered lips. " Tender-handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains, Grasp it like a man of metal, And it soft as silk remains." " So it is with Roman teaching : Give it favour, and you're caught;... | |
 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 pages
...MISER. IRON was his chest, Iron was his door, His hand was iron, His heart was more. VULGAR NATURES. TENDER-HANDED stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...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... | |
 | India, Fendall Currie - Criminal law - 1872 - 1084 pages
...understood and appreciated by the natives themselves. In the words of the poet — " Tender handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains : Grasp...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... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 pages
...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 - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...'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 rebel... | |
 | Proverbial folk-lore - 1874 - 176 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literary curiosa - 1874 - 876 pages
...well. The rhymes may be thus completed :— Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you Tor yonr 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...'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 rebel... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1875 - 748 pages
...The various figures by his 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. Tis the same with common natures ; Use them kindly, they rebel: But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And... | |
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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. 
