...plain, that, had not the rhyme misled him to the :hoice of an improper phrase, he would have said, I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs...strain The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled ; bnt when we speak of launching, we make it a ship ; and by no £>:'•:? of imao-inatiniij can it...

...a mask conceals, hut does wit sfcwUsx. Addison in his letter from Italv, saxs •. 2-14 ArrEKDIK. ( I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs...a bolder strain. The muse, figured as a horse, may he bridled ; but i speak of launching, we make it a ship ; and by no imagination, can it be supposed...

...There is, 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 a nobler strain. To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea; but why must she be bridled ? because...

...There is, however, one broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : ! with that name — I 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...

...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...

...picture, that it is impossible for any imagination to comprehend it. More correct writers than Shakspeare, sometimes fall into this error of mixing metaphors....is surprising how the following inaccuracy should hare escaped Mr. Addison, in his Letter from Italy ; I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That...

...with the name, which I so oft have found The distant climes and different tongues resound, I bridle-in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain. But I 've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more adventurous song. My humble verse...

...of dissinml tion:" as a mask conceals, but does not shelter. Addison, in h letter from Italy, says: I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs...muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled; but when we spea of launching, we make it a ship; and by no force of imaginatioi can it be supposed both a horse...

...Dr. Johnson with such just severity, that Mr. Murphy is warranted in having wholly omitted them : " I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain." P. 44. "We shall only farther remark that, in our opinion, the admirers of modern Latin poetry will...

...and possest, A void may, in a metaphorical sense, be said to crave; but can a void be said to ache ? I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, . ,; That longs to launch into a bolder strain—Addlsms. To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea : but why must she be bridled ? because...