...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,...

...magnificently fulfilled :— " Her arme Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bendud twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother...pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Ettrick Shepherd,* shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tend« his pasturing herds...

...Paradise Lost (b. ix. 1101, et seg.) " 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 ilaughters grow Above the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between....

...spreads her arms, Branching so broad and limc, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, anil 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 in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At...

...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 broad and long, that in the ground . . The bearded twigs take root, and daughters grow i Above the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarched,...

...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...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar 'd shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between : — uul extended as far...

...Milton, ex. gr. 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 'Sir William Davenant (1606- italicised part of the quotation into 68) Preface to Gondibert (1651)...

...Fruit renown'd But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreds her Armes Braunching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended Twigs...Daughters grow About the Mother Tree, a Pillard shade High overarch't, and echoing Walks between; There oft the Indian Herdsman shunning heate Shelters in coole,...

...description: The Figtree, 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 . . . 1 1 See Johnson's description in the Life of Milton (Lives, 1, pp. 101-31, fxusim). 12 See above,...

...for Fruit renown'd, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads her Armes Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The...grow About the Mother Tree, a Pillar'd shade High overarch't, and echoing Walks between; There oft the Indian Herdsman shunning heat Shelters in cool,...