 | James Buchanan - 1857 - 436 lehte
...to hurt any one who will resolutely lay hold of it, and examine its claims. " Gently, softly, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." It is only necessary to add, that the same general principle seems to be involved in all the forms... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1857 - 444 lehte
...hurt any one who will resolutely lay hold of it, and examine its claims. • " Gently, softly, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." It is only necessary to add, that the same general principle seems to be involved in all the forms... | |
 | Edward Russell Mardon - 1858 - 456 lehte
...yielding to the appearance of difficulties. What says the nursery rhyme ? " Gently touch a stinging nettle And it stings you for your pains, Grasp it like a man of mettle, Soft as silk it still remains." "Patience and perseverance would be unnecessary were life exempt from... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 lehte
...rhymes may be thus completed : — Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your paius ; 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... | |
 | 1861 - 692 lehte
...Republic, woman performs her sacred duty, and fulfils her destiny. — Webster. THE NETTLE. BT AARON BILL. 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... | |
 | 1861 - 634 lehte
...degeneracy of our age ? It has been said of earthly troubles, " If you gently touch a nettle, it will sting you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains." And the same is true in spiritual things. They whose chief end is to consult their own happiness, will... | |
 | 1861 - 636 lehte
...degeneracy of our age ? It has been said of earthly troubles, " If you gently touch a nettle, it will sting you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains." And the same is true in spiritual things. They whose chief end is to consult their own happiness, will... | |
 | 1861 - 634 lehte
...of our age ? It has been said of earthly troubles, " If you gently touch a nettle, it will sting yon for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains." And the same is true in spiritual things. They whose chief end is to consult their own happiness, will... | |
 | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1862 - 348 lehte
...in the horizon of their lives grew brighter from that hour. 246 CHAPTER XL ' Tender-hearted, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.' — AARON HILL. ' There is some soul of good in things evil, Would men observedly distil it out.'—... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 lehte
...serviceable to the rest of mankind. A ntoitinut. HUMAN NATURE— Treatment of. Tender-handed touch So it is with common natures — Use them kindly, they rebel, But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the... | |
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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. 
