These valleys, torrent-tracks between the steep rocks of livid basalt or bright red sandstone, bare as a bone or thinly clothed with ilex and juniper scrub, are inexpressibly lonely and sad, especially at this time of year.
The most important of those that remained was the prophetic ilexgrove upon the Aventine hill, sacred to Faunus and Picus.
Pharamond,' he said, conscious of his momentary loss of self-control, as he pointed to some round towers which rose above woods of ilex trees and magnolias.
There will be sure to be something here,' she thought, as she turned the latch of the gate which he had unthinkingly left open, and passed through the aperture into the thick ilex wood on the other side of the bearberry wall.
Through the great gloom of his ilex groves he could see the sparkle of blue waves.
Pharamond sober and severe amidst its ilex woods by contrast with the coquetteries and motley phantasies of its neighbours.
Her grey gown, her sunny hair under its crown of sable, her hands filled with flowers, made a picture underneath the palms, amidst the statues, against the ilex darkness.
Another half mile brings us round the mountain side to a narrow gorge, and the only thing in sight except the ilex trees is an arched doorway with a glimpse, caught through the half open gate, of a tiny courtyard.
Here, at the small hermitage in the ilex wood, he passed the last few years of his life in building a Franciscan church and convent, aided by the citizens who gave the ground for the site.
It was the ilex wood of the Cappucine convent until the present garden was laid out in 1882 by Sig.
While they perched upon an ilex tree (which is still to be seen), he stood beneath and talked to them as only St. Francis knew how.
Here the green olive, and the purple vine, The lofty poplar and the elm espouse, Or round the mulberry their tendrils twine, Or creep in clusters through the ilex boughs.
He halted in a little open space between the ilex and the river-wall, which is fifteen feet high at the meeting of the creek and the larger stream.
The crescent moon gave little light, but Loo knew his way beneath the stunted cedars and through the barricade of ilex drawn round the rectory on the northern side.
We tied our pony to an ilex and went to explore the Hermitage.
And all round, for miles apparently, undulated the dense grey plumage of the ilex woods.
St. George, who lay at full length on a mossy sill of the king's chapel counting the hours of his inaction, continued to look out over the glistening tops of the ilex trees.
In the ilex grove on the road that we took last night there is a white tower--it may be that you have noticed it to-day.
So, as they rose from the table, St. George was still in ignorance of what was toward and knew nothing of either the Ilex Tower or the possibilities of the morrow.
The ilex grove was very still save for a fugitive wind that carried faint spices, and they took a winding way among trunks and reached the edge of the wood without adventure.
Footnote 27: The gardens at Wilton are exceedingly beautiful, and contain noble trees, among which are a group of fine cedars and an ilex beneath which Sir Philip Sidney is supposed to have reclined when he wrote his "Arcadia" here.
The scenery at first is not very fine, and leads through many a bleak and rugged hill, varied by gigantic boulders, and half-stifled ilex and arbutus.
Four of the giant brood with ILEX stand, Each grasps a thousand arrows in his hand; [Ilex.
Immediately outside this Porta Romana, sloping off a little to the left from the road to Rome, is a magnificent avenue of ilex and cypress conducting to a grand-ducal villa called the "Poggio Imperiale.
Presently up the broad steps, which led to this terrace from the ilex grove below, came the Admiral, walking thoughtfully, and seated himself right below me.
Crystal watched his retreating figure until the overhanging branches of the ilex hid him from her view.
Come, and let us go out to the ilex grove, and be free to belong to each other as of old!
The ilex grove was soon reached, and the jewelled horn quickly produced the Wilder Jaeger.
So he ordered the horses round, for it was yet early morning, and they rode to the ilex grove.
So he walked on steadily till he came to the last mile, and then counted the trees conscientiously, till he found the path through the brake, and made his way to the ilex grove, where he laid him down and slept peacefully.
The fall was over 100 feet, but the stout branches ofilex and chaparro, with a marvellous measure of luck, had saved his life.
Then, drawing her haick closer, she moved onward in the deep shadow of the orange and ilex trees, while I, with mixed feelings of pleasure and distrust, strode on after her.
But it was as if he had made the attempt upon the trunk of the Ilex itself.
He usually passed the Ilex at the beginning of his perambulation, and so would pass it now.
However, there was but one casualty--a poor fellow of the 17th Regiment had his thigh smashed by a bullet--and we spent the night under the ilex trees without further molestation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ilex" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
