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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. "
The Ladies' Repository - Page 116
1861
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 7

James Anderson - 1792 - 396 pages
...knows, but we fhall in the end', Learn to have patience with ourselves and mend. A PICTURE TOO TRUE. TENDER-HANDED stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with grov'ling natures J' Use them kindly they rebel : But be rough as nutmeg gratcis, And the rogues obey...
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The Poetical Farrago: Being a Miscellaneous Assemblage of ..., Volumes 1-2

1794 - 428 pages
...Grafp it like a man of mettle, And it foft as filk remains. 'Tis the fame with common natures : Ufe 'em kindly, they rebel ; But, be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well. ON THE DEATH OF A LADY'S CAT. BY HARRISON. AND is Mifs Tabby from the world retir'd ? And are her lives,...
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Selections from Porcupine's gazette (from 16th August to end of November ...

William Cobbett - 1801 - 446 pages
...it like a man of mettle, " And it foft as filk remains. *' 'Tis the fame with vulgar natures: " Ufe them kindly, they rebel ; " But be rough as nutmeg-graters, " And the rogues obey you welt." French Fraternity. — " We are," fays Adet, " two nations made on purpofe to refpecY and love...
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The British Martial: Or, An Anthology of English Epigrams: Being ..., Volume 1

1806 - 274 pages
...any remedy for love been known, The god of physic sure had cur'd his own. o3 197 cccc. 1'ROBATUM EST. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. T!s the same with eommon natures, Use them kindly, they rebel ; But be rough as nutnjeg graters, And...
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The panorama of wit. Exhibiting the choicest epigrams in the English language

Panorama - 1809 - 368 pages
...must dine him now. VULGAR NATURES. TENDER-HANDED stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your paius; Grasp it, like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remaius. 'Tis the same with vulgar natures, Use them kindly, they rebel; But be rouffh as nutmeg graters,...
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A Selection of English Epigrams: Extracted Principally from the British and ...

1812 - 156 pages
...ciinks, quoth he, in Wales, one wedding sees ; Ay, quoth the other, each man toasts his cheese. CCXXXIU. Tender-handed, stroke a nettle, And it stings you...soft as silk remains. • 'Tis the same with common nature*, Use them kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well....
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The Juvenile Port-folio, and Literary Miscellany, Volume 1

Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 pages
...serious too ', And may his thoughts and words the« be, To me both fond and true. A PICTURE TOO TRDE. Tender-handed, stroke a nettle, And it stings you...mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with grav'ling natures ; Use them kindly, they rebel : But, be rough as nutmeg graters, And the rogues obey...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 pages
...broad, I welcome night, Smile at discharge from care, and shut out light. ' VERSES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW. TENDER-HANDED stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...silk remains. "Tis the same with common natures, Use 'em kindly they rebel : But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well. WILLIAM HAMILTON....
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...broad, I welcome night, Smile at discharge from care, and shut out light. VERSES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW. TENDER-HANDED stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. "Tig the same with common natures, Use 'em kindly they rebel : WILLIAM HAMILTON. BORN 1704. — DIED...
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 2

William Nicholson - 1819 - 376 pages
...manner as for their points to wound the skin. Hence arose die following lines : " Tender handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." • F THE DIFFERENT KINDS Or INFI.ORKSC1KCE, OH MODES OP FLOWER1SU. , The various modes in which flowers...
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