...Dr. Johnson with surh 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...

...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...

...poems. There is, however/one broken metaphor, of which \noticen pioperly be taken : Fir'd with that I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. , To bridle a geddtss is no very delicate idea ; bat why must she be iridfa becaqse...

...guide. Fir'd with the name, which I so oft have found The distant climes and difFrent 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 advent'rous song. My humble verse demands...

...wrong to say, " theltercd under a mask of dissimulation ;" as a mask conceals, but does not shelter. Addison, in his letter from Italy, says, I bridle...with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain. The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled ; but we speak of launching, we make it a ship ; and by...

...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 nob/er strain. " To bridle a Goddess is no very delicate idea ; but Why must she be bridled! because...

...figure is broken, and the two members of the sentence have no suitable correspondence to each other. I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain. The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled ; but when we speak of launching, we make it a ship ;...

...dissimulation l" as a mask conceals, but does not shelter. Addisow, in bis letter from Italy, says : i ." . • I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder str-in. -. The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled ; but when we speak of launching, we make it...

...wrong to say, " sheitered under the mask of dissimulation :" as a mask conceals, but does not shelter. Addison, in his letter from Italy, says : I bridle...struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a boider strain. The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled ; but when we speak of launching, we make...

...images of horsemanship, and watery motion, as 58 CRITICISM | Addison has done in the following couplet : I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. Of the melancholy truth, that great parts are often kept from expansion, by the influence...