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" 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 overarch'd, and echoing walks... "
Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 218
by John Milton - 1899 - 372 pages
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

Arminianism - 1835 - 1024 pages
...of the east, — " Such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar, or Deccan, 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 shade High ovcr-arch'd." The author of " Spiritual Despotism " proceeds to...
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The Works of Thomas Moore: Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...civet are collected upon the lands." — Travels of Two Mohammedans. PAGE i3g. Thy pillar' d shades. In the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar1 d shade, High ovcr-arch'd, and echoing -walks between. MILTOS. For a particular description...
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Oeuvres, Volume 15

Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 404 pages
...Parmi les plants nombreux qui composent sa voûte, The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar...daughters 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...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the thickest wood; there soon they chose The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such ae at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads...root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillav'd shade 1106 High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...expression, which has given occasion to the sneer. The fig-tree, riot that kind for fruit renown 'd, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms What could they do for needles and thread ? But the original signifies no more than that they twisted...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...foliage and concealing shades. Braome. 182 BOOK IX. 183 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 What could they do for needles and thread? But the original signifies no more than that they twisted...
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The Wonders of Elora: Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and ...

John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 676 pages
...in this 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...daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Some of these trees cover a large piece of ground, where...
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Botano-theology, an arranged compendium [by J. S. Duncan.].

John Shute Duncan - 1825 - 124 pages
...the banyan as the hiding-place of Adam and Eve after their fall : They chose — the fig-tree, such to Indians known In Malabar or Decan, spreads her...Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending twigs take root, and daughters grow About their mother-tree, a pillar'd shade High overarch'd,...
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A Visit to Colombia: In the Years 1822 & 1823, by Laguayra and Caracas, Over ...

William Duane - Caracas (Venezuela) - 1826 - 642 pages
...: the passage is as follows : There soon they chose The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar...daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade : There oft the Indian herdsman shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes...
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First Steps to Botany [...]

James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...went Into the thickest wood; there soon they chose The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar...daughters 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...
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