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General exclamations of surprise and doubt greeted him from our little circle, and this seemed to nettle him somewhat.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughA curious dark blue dead-nettle (Dracocephalum speciosum) was found on dry ground at the same altitude.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury"Not a word," said Neeld, grasping the nettle firmly this time.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony Hope
The nettle needs no introduction; we are all too well acquainted with it, yet it is not altogether a weed to be despised.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeIndeed, the temper of our eminently serene will feel the strain of a doldrum-dulness that is goaded to activity by a nettle.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George Meredith
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