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... Milton's Poetical Works - Página 247por John Milton - 1853 - 661 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Cordiner - 1807 - 516 páginas
...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 or Decan...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman... | |
| 1808 - 742 páginas
...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 or Decan...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,... | |
| John Poyer - 1808 - 716 páginas
...and thus accurately describes its growth,; The Jig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown' d, But suck as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan...her arms; Branching so broad and long, that in the grtund The bending twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar' d shade ! High... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 páginas
...the thickest wood; there soon they c Lose The fig-tree; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan...Those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe j And, with what skill they had, together sew'd, To gird their waist; vain covering, if to hide Their... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 páginas
...the thickest wood ; there soon they rhose The fig-tree ; iwt that kind for fruit renown'd, "Rut such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan...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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 páginas
...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, and echoing walks...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. What year the Spaniards first discovered Barbadoes is not certainly known; this however is certain,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 páginas
...fig-tree, not that kind renown'd for fruit, But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar and Decan spreads her arms ; Branching so broad and long,...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,... | |
| William Dealtry - 1811 - 422 páginas
...doubt, and consider, whether the principle be popular or not? Like the Banyan tree of the East, " Such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar, or Decan,...the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd ; • , the Society of London has sent its shoots in every direction, which have themselves taken root,... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 páginas
...Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow 1 10"5 About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd,...Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and t mis his pasturing hevds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Those leaves They gather'd, broad... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 páginas
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,...pasturing herds; At loopholes cut through thickest shades." The common or historical fig, left to itself, is a wide-spreading tree. though it never becomes... | |
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