...Master-pieces of the former mode of poetic painting abound in the writings of Milton, for example: 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...

...Milton hath accurately described this extraordinary tree, though by another name: — The fig-tree—not that kind for fruit renown'd; But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malahar or Deccan, spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root,...

...the Fall by bringing in his account of the fig tree from which Adam and Eve take those fig leaves: not that kind for Fruit renown'd But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreds her Armes Braunching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended Twigs...

...passage as it appears in the poem from four lines to two, and in so doing concentrated the description: The Figtree, 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 . . . 1 1 See Johnson's description in...

...primitive state, they cover themselves with the leaves of the Indian fig or banyan tree: both together went Into the thickest Wood, there soon they chose...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...

...and Eve, illustrated by de Bry for Hariot's Briefe and True Report, where it appears without comment. make Malabar or Decan spreads her Arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended Twigs...

...particular tree whose leaves cover Adam and Eve after the Fall is designated with great care. both together went Into the thickest wood, there soon they chose The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so...

...the fallen couple cover themselves with the leaves of the Indian fig or banyan tree: both together went Into the thickest Wood, there soon they chose...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...

...9:1097) after their lustful love-making following the fall, they found it in the foliage afforded by The Figtree, 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...