 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...  A Description of Ceylon, Containing an Account of the Country, Inhabitants ... - Page 364by James Cordiner - 1807Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - India - 1806 - 268 pages
...Malabar and Deccan spreads her arms, . Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree,...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.... | |
 | James Johnson - China - 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... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - India - 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.... | |
 | James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 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...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...overarch'd, and echoing walks between : There- oft the Indian herdsman shunning heat 5helters in cool, anil tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade : those leaves It 10 Th;-y ginher'd, broad as Amazonian targe, And with what skill they had, together sow'd, To gird... | |
 | English literature - 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...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,...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. What year the Spaniards first discovered Barbadoes is not certainly known; this however is certain,... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 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...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... | |
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