 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 Romance of Natural History - Pagina 134door Philip Henry Gosse - 1861 - 372 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Shute Duncan - 1825 - 124 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 676 pagina’s
...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...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Some of these trees cover... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pagina’s
...Milton's celebrated description of the Indian Fig : " The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, 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 bending twigs take root,... | |
 | William Duane - 1826 - 642 pagina’s
...: 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...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade : There oft the Indian herdsman shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pagina’s
...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...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | William Duane - 1826 - 652 pagina’s
...: 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 or Decan, spreads her arras, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1826 - 652 pagina’s
...their first girdle* from its leaves : Soon they chose The fig-tree, not the kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Dcccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending twigs take root,... | |
 | 1826 - 696 pagina’s
...their first girdles from its leaves : Soon they chose The fig-tree, not the kind for fruit renowned, 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 bending twigs take root,... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 702 pagina’s
...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...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Paradise Lost, ix, 1100.... | |
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