 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1875 - 768 pages
...by his pencil wrought Gave colour, and a body to the thought, THE NETTLE'S LESSON. Ten der-1 landed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains...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... | |
 | Alan Benjamin Cheales - Folklore - 1875 - 188 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... | |
 | Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - Canada - 1914 - 1088 pages
...think you will have the key to the whole situation. It ia only another illustration of the old rhyme : Tender-handed stroke a nettle. And it stings you for...like a man of mettle. And it soft as silk remains. If the Minister of Labour had grasped this matter like a man of mettle, he would not have the trouble... | |
 | English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...The same writer deserves the credit of the words, if not of the philosophy, of the following : — ' Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains : Grasp it as a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. "Pis the same with common natures : Use them kindly... | |
 | William Walker Atkinson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 234 pages
...best, the very best, of his powers." — Fothergill. "Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it f tings you for your pains. Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as down remains." "Don't flinch; don't foul; but hit the line hard."— Rootovelt. "The more difficulties... | |
 | 272 pages
..." Yon Mike, cum and hep me, pelt dis bid budder wi' mud." EPIGRAM. Gently touch a stinging-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 the... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1989 - 588 pages
...all Civil Acquaintance again Tenderhearted touch a Nettle And it stings you for your Pains; Squeeze it like a Man of Mettle And it soft as Silk remains. This is part of an Epigram made by Aaron Hill when he had brought down Mr. Pope's proud Spirit.1 But... | |
 | Joanne Asala - Cooking - 1998 - 388 pages
...And he ordered that from then onwards all the monks on lona should eat proper meals. Tender handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains....like a man of mettle and it soft as silk remains. AARON HILL, i750 Nettle Soup In Ireland there was once an annual feast on May I called Feile na Neantog.... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 1160 pages
...Science (1993) Aaron Hill 1685-1750 Knulis.lt ¡toft und dramatist 1 1 Tender-handed stroke a netlle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Verses Written on n Window in Scotland' Christopher Hill 1912 Rritisli historian 12 Only very slowly... | |
 | Thomas Murphy - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 284 pages
...becomes." Mobberly resorted to poetry to describe the way for a master to proceed: Tender handed brush a nettle And it stings you for your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle And as silk it soft remains 1t is the case with common natures Treat them kindly, they rebel But be rough... | |
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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. 
