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" The fig-tree — not that kind for fruit renowned, 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... "
The Ladies' pocket magazine - Page 231
1836
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

1776 - 478 pages
...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...herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade: those IP ves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian tarre, nil And with what skill they hdd, together sow'd. To...
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar'd shade 1 106 High o'er-arch'd, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his past' ring herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Those leaves m0 They gather'd, broad as...
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Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711

John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade II" High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There...Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holee cut through thickest shade : Those ki« They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe, OK And...
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Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient ..., Volume 3

Thomas Maurice - 1806 - 268 pages
...and long, that in the ground The bending 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." The whole of this relation, of the authenticity of which I am assured from the high authority of Mr....
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An Account of a Voyage to India, China &c. in His Majesty's Ship Caroline ...

James Johnson - 1806 - 154 pages
...diamond mines. The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd sliade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between ; There...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut thro' thickest shade." GOtCONDA MINES. The following account of the mode of obtaining these precious...
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Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical ...

Thomas Maurice - 1806 - 262 pages
...mother-tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian ierdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." The whole of this relation, of the authenticity of which I am assured from the high authority of Mr....
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The Oriental Voyager: Or, Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks, on a ...

James Johnson - 1807 - 430 pages
...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...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut thro' thickest shade." From Kistna point the land turns a few miles to the northward, and finishes...
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The Literary Panorama, Volume 4

1808 - 742 pages
...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...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. 9*7] [950 Sir Walter Raleigh thought he had seen many Banvan trees in America, but his description...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 14

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...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,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Mallet, Akenside ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...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...shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing berds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Wbat year the Spaniards first discovered Barbadoes...
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