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 History, Civil and Commercial, of the West Indies: With a Continuation ... - Página 228por Bryan Edwards - 1819Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Robert Monteath - 1829 - 290 páginas
...plenish the estate of Braco, •'l • . " Like the famed Indian Banyan tree, In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground , The bending twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillur'd shade, High over arched,... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 878 páginas
...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... | |
| Frederick William N. Bayley - 1830 - 754 páginas
...pleasant shade. Edwards calls it a forest in itself, and quotes Milton in its favor : " The fig tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this...grow Above the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarched, and echoing walls between !" Paradise Lost. The ceiba, the silk-cotton, the bamboo, and... | |
| Frederic William Naylor Bayley - 1830 - 1388 páginas
...The fig tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, : But such as at this day, to Indiana known, • j . In Malabar and Decan spreads her arms, Branching so.... The bearded twigs take root, and daughters grow i Above the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarched, and echoing walls between !" Paradise Lost.... | |
| 1831 - 626 páginas
...not that kind for fruit renown 'd, But such as nt this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Deeean, 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 ptllar'd shade, High over-arch'd,... | |
| Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 970 páginas
...native prince, called Kerobothra*. 1 • — 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 About the mother-tree, a pillar 'd shade High over-arched,... | |
| Jefferys Taylor - 1832 - 244 páginas
...presume, is at every tongue's end : " 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 downward twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade, High over-arched,... | |
| Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 180 páginas
...tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this time 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 About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High overarched,... | |
| Hugh Murray - 1833 - 398 páginas
...fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, Butsuch as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Deecan 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, Hiph overarch'd,... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 páginas
...— not that kind for fruit renown'd, But 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 About the mother-tree — a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd,... | |
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