 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...  Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and ... - Page 68by Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1021 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1826 - 544 pages
...been before-hand with 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 1106 High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : Milton, in introducing... | |
 | John Nichols - England - 1828 - 702 pages
...rather closely upon the heels of Jonson here : " The fig tree that 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 between." Paradise Lost, ix, 1100.... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Africa - 1828 - 374 pages
...(b. ix. 1101, a seq.) " 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, and daughters grow Above the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the... | |
 | Nature - Home economics - 1829 - 178 pages
...fruit reuown'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 shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 878 pages
...outside with hides, and so had the Venetian«. Raleigh. They chose the fig-tree, such as spread her arms. Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root. Hilton. TWI'LIGHT, ns & adj. Sax. rpeoneleoht ; Belg. tweelicht. The faint light before sunrise, and... | |
 | Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - India - 1830 - 514 pages
...fruit renowned, But 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, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood, George Barrell Emerson - Readers - 1830 - 424 pages
...for fruit renowned, But 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, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 458 pages
...(b. ix. 1101, et seg.) " 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, and ilaughters grow Above the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between.... | |
 | 1831 - 626 pages
...fruit renown 'd, But such as nt this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Deeean, spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The...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, shunning... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - Geography - 1831 - 970 pages
...Kerobothra*. 1 • — 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...root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar 'd shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between : — uul extended as far Eastward as the... | |
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