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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 overarch'd, and echoing walks... "
The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ... - Page 46
by Edward Polehampton - 1821
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Vathek, by W. Beckford. [Tr. by S. Henley. Followed by] The castle of ...

William Beckford - 1834 - 418 pages
...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 between." Was it not from hence that Warburton framed his hypothesis on the origin of Gothic architecture? At...
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The Forest; Or, Rambles in the Woodland ... Third Edition

Jefferys TAYLOR - 1835 - 324 pages
...downward twigs take root, and daughters growAbout the mother tree, a pillared shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,...herds, At loop-holes cut through thickest shade."* Our conversation on these subjects dropped for that evening ; and it was not until we met again at...
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Hudibras, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1835 - 456 pages
...arms, Braqching 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 between. Mr. Ives, in his Journey from Persia, thus speaks of this wonderful vegetable: " This is the Indian...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, Including Melodies, Ballads, Etc

Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 pages
...Page 50, line 54. Thy pillar'd shades. 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 between. MILTON. For a particular description and plate of the Banyan-tree, see Gardiner's Ceylon. Page 50,...
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Hudibras; with notes by T.R. Nash, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pages
...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 between. Mr. Ives, in his Journey from Persia, thus speaks of this wonr derful vegetable : " This is the Indian...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1836 - 348 pages
...ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade 1 105 High overarch'd, and echoing walks between: There...Those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe; 1110 And, with what skill they had, together sew'd, To gird their waist; vain covering, if to hide...
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Oeuvres completes, Volume 36

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pages
...in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-Ire, a pillar'd shadee High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between: There...Those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe; » bois impénétrables à la lumière de l'étoile ou » du soleil, déploient leur vaste ombrage,...
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A history of the holy Bible, with an intr., additional notes and ..., Volume 137

Thomas Stackhouse - 1836 - 790 pages
...and long, that in the ground The bended twlge take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree ; a pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks...heat. Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds In loop-holes, cut through thickest shade. с The word voice may be equally rendered noise: and since...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

1836 - 558 pages
...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, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends bis pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade: Those leave» They gathered, broad as...
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Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit ..., Volume 2

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 pages
...priest of Buddha, or in those of some Indian shepherd, who, retired under the shade of a fig tree, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes, cut through thickest shade. PARADISE LOST, B. ix. Nothing is more natural than the curiosity which leads us to inquire after the...
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