Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.352
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.352
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c. A.D. 395-400.—“Si quidem draco mirae magnitudinis, quos gentili sermone *Boas* vocant, *ab eo quod tam grandes sint ut boves glutire soleant*, omnem late vastabat provinciam, et non solum armenta et pecudes sed agricolas quoque et pastores tractos ad se vi spiritus absorbebat.”—In *Vita Scti. Hilarionis Eremitae*, Opera Scti. Eus. Hieron. Venetiis, 1767, ii. col. 35.