 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...  English Trees & Tree Planting - Page 117by William H. Ablett - 1880Full view - About this book
 | 1830 - 438 pages
...along, that in the ground The bending twigs take root ; and daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillared shade, High over-arched, with echoing walks...herds ; At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." as being of immense magnitude. One near Mangee, twenty miles to the westward of Patna, in Bengal, spread... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 458 pages
...twigs take root, and ilaughters grow Above the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loopholes cut thro' thickest shade." palankeens, grow near the summit of the rocks in the pergunnahs of Tolcan and... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...subjoined :— About the mother tree; a pillared shade High over-arched, with echoing walks between. grow There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade.' " Some specimens of the Indian figtree are mentioned as being of immense magnitude. One near Mangee,... | |
 | 1830 - 430 pages
...broad along, that in the ground The hending twigs take root; and "aughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillared shade High over-arched, with echoing walks...herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool : and tends bis pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade.' 139 at noon was 1116 feet, and it required... | |
 | 1831 - 626 pages
...twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree — a ptllar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,...pasturing herds, At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Could the minds that conceived, and the hands that wrought, this prodigy of art, have been those of... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks hetween : There oft the Indian herdsman, shuuning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loopholes cut tbrough thickest shade ; those leaves They gather'd, hroad as Amazonian targe ; And, with what skill... | |
 | 1832 - 486 pages
...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,...pasturing herds At loopholes cut through thickest shade : those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe." BETUI/INE^E. The northern parts of Indostan... | |
 | Jefferys Taylor - 1832 - 244 pages
...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 loop-holes cut through thickest shad^."* * Paradise Lost, book ix. 1. 1102. THE HICKORY TREE. * ' * ' ' " OF this tree there are various... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...ground The bending twigs take root; and daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillared shade, Higli over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft...the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool ; tad tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." Some specimens of the Indian... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1832 - 392 pages
...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, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and lends his pasturing herds . At loopholes cut through thickest shade : those leaves They gather'd, broad... | |
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