Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c1.17
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c1.17
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c1.17
"Utque novis facilis signatur cera figuris,
Nec manet ut fuerat, nec formas servat easdem,
Sed tamen ipsa eadein est; VOCEM sic semper eandem
Esse, sed in varias doceo migrare figuras."
*Ovid. Metamorph. xv. 169-172 (adapt.).*
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- Metamorphoses — P. Ovidius Naso, Latin