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 218by John Milton - 1899 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...went Into the thickest wood ; there soon they chose The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, . groul The bended twigs take root, and daughters gro About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd,... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1826 - 652 pages
...more favoured days, aiid thence describe the tree " to Indians known," which — In Malabar, or Deccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that...take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree. I have now brought together two names which hold no inconsiderable station among The genuine kings... | |
| Christianity - 1826 - 696 pages
...more favoured days, and thence describe the tree " to Indians known," which — In Malabar, or Deccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that...take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree. I have now brought together two names which hold no inconsiderable station among The genuine kings... | |
| William Duane - Caracas (Venezuela) - 1826 - 652 pages
...for fruit 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...root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar' d--sfiade : There oft the Indian herdsman shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing... | |
| Bible - 1827 - 264 pages
...Into the thickest wood ; there soon they chose 1 100 The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar...root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning... | |
| John Nichols - England - 1828 - 702 pages
...BOY. Here, father. 1 Milton treads rather closely upon the heels of Jonson here : " The fig tree that In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so...daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Paradise Lost, ix, 1100. COOK. Bring forth the pot. It... | |
| Josiah Conder - Africa - 1828 - 374 pages
...the Paradise Lost (b. ix. 1101, a seq.) " such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that,...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... | |
| Great Britain - 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,...daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning hr.it, Shelters... | |
| Nature - Home economics - 1829 - 178 pages
...Paradise Lost, Book 9 :— "There soon they chose The fig tree ; not that tree for fruit reuown'd, But such as, at this day (to Indians known In Malabar...daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillar'd shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman shunning heat, Shelters... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 878 pages
...the outside with hides, 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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