 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1825 - 270 pages
...dissimulation :" as a mask .conceals, but does not shelter Addisoa in his letter from Italy, says : Vlg I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs...of launching, we make it a ship ; and by no force ol imagination, can it be supposed both a horse and a ship at one moment ; bridled, to hinder it from... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1825 - 278 pages
...dissimulation :" HS a mask conceals, hut does not shelter. Addison in h.is letter from Italy, savs : I 'iridlc in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch...into a bolder strain. The muse, figured as a horse, m:iy be bridled ; but when wr speak of launching, we make it a ship ; and by no force ot imagination,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pages
...is, however, one broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : Fir'd with that name — 1 bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; but why b Spence. 5, /j must she be bridled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...however, one broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : • * • Fir'd with that name — I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, • That longs to launch into n nobler strain. To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; but why must she be bridled? because... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 504 pages
...is, however, one broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : Fir'd with that name — 1 bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; bat wh? h Spence. must she be bridled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pages
...is, however, one broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : Fir'd with that name — 1 bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; but why must she be bridled ? because... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 512 pages
...is, however, one broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : Fir'd with that name — 1 bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; but why h Spence. must she be bridled?... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...dissimulation :" -as a mask conceals, but does not Shelter Addison in his letter from Italy, says : I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs...launch into a bolder strain The muse, figured as a hor»te, may be bridled ; but when we speak of launching, v/e make it a ship > and by no force of imagination,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1829 - 718 pages
...shelter. Addison in his letter from Italy, says, I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs lo launch into a bolder strain. The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled ; but when we speak of launcliing, we make it a ship ; and by no force of imagination, can it be supposed both a horse and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...bit. The queen of beauty stopped her bridled doves ; Approved the_little labour of the Loves. Prior. I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder slraiu. AditiKm. 'A. bright genius often betrays itself into many enoun, without a continual bridle... | |
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I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. 
