 | J. Scott Clark - 1886 - 410 стор.
..."Many a youth launches forth on the journey of life with no fixed end in view." 10. " I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain." 11. " His thoughts soared up from earth like fire, and winged their flight to distant stars." 12. "... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1893 - 152 стор.
...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 she longs to launch... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1896 - 396 стор.
...Addison." The first is quoted from Addison's " Letter from Italy." Fired with that name, I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. " To bridle a goddess," roars the old Doctor, " is no very delicate idea; but why must she be bridled?... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1899 - 386 стор.
...harbour of royal approbation.' The following of Addison's is also very• absurd : — ' I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain.' and then a musical instrument. ' Mr. B. said that the keynote of the new policy was wrapped in obscurity... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1899 - 386 стор.
...harbour of royal approbation.' The following of Addison's is also very absurd : — ' I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain.' Here his 'Muse' is first of all a horse, then a boat, and then a musical instrument. ' Mr. B. said... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 стор.
...broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : — " Fired with that name — 5 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 she longs to launch... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1901 - 572 стор.
...completed, be broken in upon by another. Thus, in the frequently cited couplet of Addison : " I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain," the first line is not open to objection, since the word " Muse " is used by metonymy (see below) for... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1902 - 568 стор.
...Johnson in his " Life of Addison." The first is from Addison's " Letter from Italy " : — I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. 1 "To bridle a goddess," roars the old Doctor, "is no very delicate idea; but why must she be bridled?... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1905 - 376 стор.
...taken to avoid mixed figures. Dr. Johnson ridiculed this mixed metaphor in Addison : I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain That longs to launch into a nobler strain. The following are ridiculous because of mixed metaphors or of a mixture of literal and figurative language.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 стор.
...one broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : Flr'd with that name — I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain. 25 To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea; but why must she be bridled? because she longs to... | |
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To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea; but why must she be bridled? because she longs to launch ? an act which was never hindered by a bridle: and whither will she launch? into a nobler strain. 
