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" 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 364
by James Cordiner - 1807
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The Juvenile Forget Me Not: A Christmas Or New Year's Gift, Or Birthday ...

Mrs. S. C. Hall - Children's literature, English - 1833 - 260 pages
...twigs take root ; and daughters grow About the mother-tree ; a pillared shade, High over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,...pasturing herds At loopholes cut through thickest shade.' * My young friends will, I am sure, permit me to make allusion to a little volume recently published...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow 1105 About the mother-tree , a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd,...loop-holes cut through thickest shade: those leaves 11 10 They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe; And, with what skill they had, together sew'd, To gird...
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Oriental Memoirs: A Narrative of Seventeen Years ..., Part 68, Volume 1

James Forbes - India - 1834 - 586 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...herds, At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." The areca, or betel-nut tree, (the areca catechu, Linn.) is one of the most beautiful of the palmyra...
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Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views, Volume 1

William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 436 pages
...twigs take root ; and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Modern travellers speak of an Indian tree like this, (the only tree of the kind they know,) which they...
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The Forest; Or, Rambles in the Woodland ... Third Edition

Jefferys TAYLOR - Forests and forestry - 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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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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Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books

John Milton - Fall of man - 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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A history of the holy Bible, with an intr., additional notes and ..., Volume 137

Thomas Stackhouse - 1836 - 790 pages
...Such as at this day spreads her arms. Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twlge take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree...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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Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit ..., Volume 2

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 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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Oeuvres complètes de m. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Le Paradis Perdu de Milton

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pages
...in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About lhe mother-tre, 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 rétoile ou » du soleil, déploient leur vaste ombrage,...
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