"A serpent, ere he comes to be a dragon,
Must eat a bat."
[ [15] The addition of accio denotes contempt, or some deformity or imperfection attending the person to whom it is applied.
"Towers and Battlements it sees
Bosom'd high in tufted trees."—Milton, L'All.
[ [17] Mr. Hodges.
[ [18] James Harris.
[ [19] Pictura quoque non alium exitum fecit, postquam Ægyptiorum audacia tam magnæ artis compendiariam invenit.
[ [20] Che Raffaelle non ebbe quest' arte da natura, ma per lungo studio.
[ [21] Unfortunately for mankind, these were the last words pronounced by this great Painter from the Academical chair. He died about fourteen months after this Discourse was delivered.