...metaphors. It is surprising that the following should have escaped Mr. Addison, in his letter from Italy: 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 ;...

...surprising how the following inaccuracy should have escaped Mr. Addison in his letter from Italy : •* I bridle in my struggling muse with pain. That longs to launch into a bolder (train.* The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled; but when we speak of launching, we make it a...

...Example 3. More correct writers than Shakspeare sometimes fall into this error of mixing metaphors. I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a holder strain.* Analysis. The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled; but when we speak of launching,...

...Example 3. More correct writers than Shakspeare sometimes fall into this error of mixing metaphors. I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain.* Analysis. The muse, figured as a horse, may be bridled; but when we speak of launching, we make it...

...with the name, which 1 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 1 've already troubled you loo long, Nor dare attempt a more adventurous song. My humble verse...

...with the name, which I so oft have found The distant climes and different tongues resound, I bridle-in Oh, blind to truth! the Sylphs contrive it all. " Of these am I, who thy But I 've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more adventurous song. My humble verse...

...look out for minute similitudes. Q. Can you give any example of the latter part of the rale ! A. " I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain-" Q. What is the error here 1 A. The muse is first compared to a horse, held in by a bridle, that it...

...Whip into rhyme the noblest work of God ? f * This is an allusion to the well-known couplet : — " I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain." f Pope sings " A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod, An honest man's the noblest work of God ; " where,...

...view may enable us to discover the beauty of an object, but can never be said to extinguish it.—" I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain." The muse, if figured as a horse, may, indeed, be bridled; but when we speak of launching, we make it...

...sufficient to extinguish the seeds of pride. Here, different or mixed metaphors are improperly used. fl. / bridle in my struggling muse with pain, that longs to launch, into a bolder strain. Here, also, is an instance of a mixed Metaphor. See Gram. p. 136. 6. There is a time, when factions,...