 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1754 - 342 pages
...heat , Shelters in cool , and tends his pafturing herds At loop-holes cut thro' thickeft shade. Thofe leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe : And , with what skill they had , together fow'd , To gird their waift : vain covering, if to hide Thejr. guilt , and dreaded shame ! O ! how... | |
 | English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman...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 - 1795 - 282 pages
...Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut thro' thickest shade : Those leave* They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe And with what...skill they had, together sew'd, To gird their waist, vain covering if to hide Their guilt and dreaded shame; O how unlike To that first naked glory! Such... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar'd shade 1 106 High o'er-arch'd, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his past' ring herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Those leaves m0 They gather'd, broad as... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade II" High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman...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
...bending 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." 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
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd sliade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman,...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 Cordiner - Southeast Asia - 1807 - 510 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman...Amazonian targe, And with what skill they had, together sow'd, To gird their waste." The FICUS RELIGIOSA, " foliis cordatis oblongis integer^ rimis acuminatissimis"... | |
 | James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 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,...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... | |
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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... 
