 | 1832 - 486 pages
...now see. " So counsell'd he, and both together 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 Malahar or Deccan spreads her arms, Brandling so hroad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs... | |
 | Jefferys Taylor - 1832 - 244 pages
...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,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 528 pages
...after their fall, as gathering the ample leaves, " broad as a target," to twine into girdles : — " The fig-tree — not that kind for fruit renown'd,...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,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1833 - 398 pages
...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...ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar'd shade, Hiph overarch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...the Fall by bringing in his account of the fig tree from which Adam and Eve take those fig leaves: not that kind for 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 take root, and Daughters... | |
 | Allen Reddick - 1996 - 292 pages
...passage as it appears in the poem from four lines to two, and in so doing concentrated the description: The Figtree, not that kind for Fruit renown'd, But...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,... | |
 | Charles W. Durham, Kristin Pruitt McColgan - 1994 - 316 pages
...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 bended Twigs take root, and Daughters grow About the Mother Tree, a Pillar'd shade High overarch't, and echoing Walks between; There oft the Indian... | |
 | Elizabeth Sauer - 1996 - 230 pages
...of the Indian fig or banyan tree: both together went Into the thickest Wood, there soon they chose The Figtree, not that kind for Fruit renown'd, But...ground The bended Twigs take root, and Daughters grow About the Mother Tree, a Pillar 'd shade High overarch't, and echoing Walks between; There oft the... | |
 | Margreta de Grazia, Maureen Quilligan, Peter Stallybrass - 1996 - 422 pages
...tree: not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day Indians known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that...ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree . . those leaves They gathered, broad as Amazonian targe, And with what skill... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 pages
...and Eve, illustrated by de Bry for Hariot's Briefe and True Report, where it appears without comment. The Figtree, not that kind for Fruit renown'd, But...ground The bended Twigs take root, and Daughters grow About the Mother Tree, a Pillar'd shade High overarch't, and echoing Walks between; There oft the Indian... | |
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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 shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks... 
