"Nettle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... are Carduus Benedictus, the Scurvy-grass of America, I never here met any of the European sort; Tobacco of many sorts, Dill, Carawa, Cummin, Anise, Coriander, all sorts of Plantain of England, and two sorts spontaneous, good Vulneraries; Elecampane, Comfrey, Nettle, the Seed from England, none Native; Monks Rhubarb, Burdock, Asarum wild in the Woods, reckon'd one of the Snake-Roots; Poppies in the Garden, none wild yet discover'd; Wormseed, Feverfew, Rue, Ground-Ivy spontaneous, but very small and scarce, Aurea virga, {Rattle-Snakes.} four ...
— A New Voyage to Carolina • John Lawson
... stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains. Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft ...
— Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls • Howard J. Chidley
... different kinds; you said I might count all, so I have even counted this thing like a nettle with lilac flowers, and this little ...
— The Grey Woman and other Tales • Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell
... vamos andando let us be off; van los cincuenta I bet fifty. ira f. anger, ire. iracundo, -a wrathful. irona f. irony. irnico, -a ironical. irreligioso, -a irreligious. irreverencia f. irreverence, disrespect. irritar anger, excite, arouse, provoke, nettle, exasperate. ...
— El Estudiante de Salamanca and Other Selections • George Tyler Northup
... without telling you—please let me speak!" She drew a long breath of desperation and grasped the nettle firmly. "I stole the clothes I came here in. My name isn't Manwaring—it's Sally ...
— Nobody • Louis Joseph Vance
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