[79] A term usually applied in allegoric and technical poetry to any person or object to which no other qualifications can be assigned.—Chambers's Dictionary.
[80] Infancy is particularly interested in the diffusion of the new principles. See the 'Bloody Buoy.' See also the following description and prediction:
'Here Time's huge fingers grasp his giant mace,
And dash proud Superstition from her base;
Rend her strong towers and gorgeous fanes,
&c. &c. &c. &c.
'While each light moment, as it passes by,
With feathery foot and pleasure-twinkling eye,
Feeds from its baby-hand with many a kiss
The callow nestlings of domestic bliss.'