A gleaming circle wreathed in holly and drooping with vines end flowers stood out from a dark, in. From Wordnik.com. [Three Girls in a Flat] Reference
And … to celebrate this fine time, the StarShipSofa has decked herself out in holly, tinsel and mistletoe. From Wordnik.com. [2008 December | StarShipSofa] Reference
And I got some wild holly, which is very pretty indeed; it has very glossy and prickery leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Memories of Hawthorne] Reference
Felling company owner Paul Otto said the tree was a Quercus ilex, commonly known as a holly oak. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Decorate your wreath with "holly" made from cut candied red and green cherries. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
I’ll continue to call your holly roller BS until Jeebuz comes riding a dinosaur. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 1, 2010] Reference
The same goes for plants with winter berries, such as holly or mistletoe. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Decorative plants, such as holly and mistletoe, can be toxic to your canine pal. From Wordnik.com. [Examiner California Headlines] Reference
Tough holly, and smooth birch, must altogether burn. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
She put on her sealskin toque, ornamented with a branch of holly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
(Soundbite of music) BARENAKED LADIES: (Singing) Heigh-ho, the holly. From Wordnik.com. [Barenaked Ladies Meet Shakespeare] Reference
He brought me this cunning little tree and all this ground pine and holly. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
A table piled with goodies of every kind decorated with holly and mistletoe and. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
Swiss, with a sprig of holly in her black braids, looked particularly handsome. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
His coat and cap are trimmed with wreaths of holly, bright with scarlet berries. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
"Real touches are nice," says Comer, so embellish gifts with holly, pine and pine cones. From Wordnik.com. [Gifted Wrapper] Reference
In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
On the return a stop had been made at the market, and great quantities of holly had been bought. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
He observed the little shake which at moments her obstinate head gave to the holly on her toque. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Maggie ran to the high bank against the great holly tree, where she could see far away toward the. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
We hunt far and wide for the beautiful "holly berries" with which to decorate our homes at Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
Does the poet mean that the grave of Dickens is literally adorned with oak, holly, and laurel wreaths?. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
The kaneon was also used at offerings, where it is filled with pomegranates, holly boughs and ribbons. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The house has quite a Christmas look, from the holly and other bright berries that cluster round the windows. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
Hang a large holly wreath in the doorway and let each child in turn try to throw his snowball through the wreath. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
We decorated the wards with flags, holly, mistletoe, and paper flowers that the men made, and a tree in each ward. From Wordnik.com. ['My Beloved Poilus'] Reference
The ivy, the holly, and the mistletoe are joined up with the Christmas worship, though probably of Druidical origin. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.] Reference
"Still harping about that?" laughed Faith, pausing in the doorway with her arms full of holly wreaths ready to be hung. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
At the hotel I put up holly and mistletoe, and produced from my trunks a real Christmas pudding that my mother had made. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Before you haul out the holly, consider this survey of surveys: 36% of people say you're never too old to trick or treat. From Wordnik.com. [SURVEYS: SPIDEY FOR PRESIDENT] Reference
Decorations of evergreen festoons and wreaths are appropriate, also the tissue paper bells and festoons and holly and mistletoe. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
Christmas Tree could not hold them all, so they were put on a table before the throne and wreathed around with holly and with pine. From Wordnik.com. [The Story-teller] Reference
Compared to peach, holly, and even apple trees the Persian walnut has put up a marvelous fight to recover from the injury sustained. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
In her right hand she carried a holly branch; but the strangest part of her dress was a pair of long sleeves, as green as the very grass. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
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