The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd... The Works of the English Poets: Milton - Page 40by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
| John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 676 pages
...fruit is, that scarcely any two mangoes off the same tree are of the same colour inside. z Branching so broad and long, that in •the -ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Some of these... | |
| William Duane - 1826 - 652 pages
...renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan, spreads her arras, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar' d--sfiade : There oft the Indian herdsman shunning heat, Shelters... | |
| 1826 - 696 pages
...describe the tree " to Indians known," which — In Malabar, or Deccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree. I have now brought together two names which hold no inconsiderable station among... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1826 - 652 pages
...describe the tree " to Indians known," which — In Malabar, or Deccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree. I have now brought together two names which hold no inconsiderable station among... | |
| James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...renown'd, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan, spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the... | |
| John Nichols - 1828 - 702 pages
...upon the heels of Jonson here : " The fig tree that In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Paradise Lost,... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1828 - 374 pages
...a seq.) " such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that, in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow Above the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the... | |
| 1830 - 484 pages
...such as, at this day to Indians known, 1 n Malabar or Deccan, spreads her arms, Branching so broad aud long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the... | |
| Nature - 1829 - 178 pages
...reuown'd, But such as, at this day (to Indians known In Malabar or Decan), spreads her arms, Branching so broad, and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillar'd shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 878 pages
...and so had the Venetian«. Raleigh. They chose the fig-tree, such as spread her arms. Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root. Hilton. TWI'LIGHT, ns & adj. Sax. rpeoneleoht ; Belg. tweelicht. The faint light before sunrise, and... | |
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