 | Frederic William Naylor Bayley - 1830 - 1388 pàgines
...pleasant shade. Edwards calls it a forest in itself, and quotes Milton in its favor : " The fig tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, : But such as at this day, to Indiana known, • j . In Malabar and Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in... | |
 | 1830 - 482 pàgines
...is supposed to have alluded to this, in his poetical description of ' The fig-tree ; not that tree for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Deccan, spreads her arms, Branching so broad and limc, that in the ground The bended twigs... | |
 | 1832 - 486 pàgines
...first parents, than the degenerate foliage which we now see. " So counsell'd he, and both together went Into the thickest wood ; there soon they chose...such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malahar or Deccan spreads her arms, Brandling so hroad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1832 - 392 pàgines
...see. •' So counsell'd tie, and both together went Into the thickest wood ; 1here soon they ehose The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms, , Branchmg so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 528 pàgines
...after their fall, as gathering the ample leaves, " broad as a target," to twine into girdles : — " The fig-tree — not that kind for fruit renown'd, 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... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1833 - 398 pàgines
...first parents, than the degenerate foliage which we now see. " So counsell'd he, and both together went Into the thickest wood ; there soon they chose The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, Butsuch as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Deecan spreads her arms, Branching so broad... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 414 pàgines
...Milton hath accurately described this extraordinary tree, though by another name : " Theflg-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... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 648 pàgines
...Milton hath accurately described thii i xtraordiniry tree, though by another name : "f \oiftg-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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1834 - 360 pàgines
...former mode of poetic painting abound in the writings of Milton, ex. gr. "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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pàgines
...Apocolocyntosis. By this fig-tree the author perhaps means the wonderful bir or banian described by Milton. The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan, spreads his arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs... | |
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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... 
