 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 Saturday Magazine - Page 261841Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...; iwt that kind for fruit renown'd, "Rut such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that...grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd,and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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...grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between: There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool,... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...region of the coast. The facility with which this singular plant .reproduces itself is well known : The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over arched, and echoing walks between. It requires very little cultivation. By two days of moderate... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...fruit renown'd But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan, spread her arms Blanching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughter! grow ' About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over arch'd, and echoing walks between... | |
 | William Dealtry - 1811 - 422 pages
...not? Like the Banyan tree of the East, " Such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar, or Decan, spreads her arms ; Branching so broad and long, that...grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd ; • , the Society of London has sent its shoots in every direction, which have themselves... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 564 pages
...fpread,'] Such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar and Docan fprcads her arms Branching fo broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs...and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd (hade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdfman, jhimning heat. Shelters... | |
 | John Brown - Bible - 1811 - 748 pages
...Thefig-trce; notthat treefor fruit renown'd,, But such as, at this day to Indians knowu In Malabar or l)ccan, spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long that in the ground The bended twigs take toot, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over arch'd, and echoing walk$... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...fig-tree; not that kind for fruit reuown'd, But such as at this day. to Indians known, In Malabar or Deean spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that...ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow 1 10"5 About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...botanists), to become convert«!, in course of time, into auxiliary stems, — " Branching 9J long and broad, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...Milton treads rather closely upon the heels of Jonson here : " The fig tree that In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that...grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Par. Lost. is. 1100. Poet. None, I assure you, neither do... | |
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