...ever between worshipping and rowing ; and ' to pull the oar of an idol ' is a palpable absurdity. ' I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain That longs to launch into a bolder strain.' Dr. Johnson, in his ' Life of Addison,' criticising these lines, says : ' To bridle a goddess is no...

...Metaphors sometimes occur even in our best authors : eg To take arms against a sea1 of troubles. Hamlet. I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain. Addison. (3) Allegory is a continuation of metaphors into a connected narrative ; a series of fictitious...

...and oratory agree and diner. 6. The characteristics and use of good novels. 7. Criticise : — a. ' I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain.' * b. ' The report is, that he should have said in confidence, that he would never bear arms against...

...and oratory agree and differ. 6. The characteristics and use of good novels. 7 . Criticise : — a. ' I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain.'1 b. ' The report is, that he should have said in confidence, that he would never bear arms...

...from Italy," which Dr. Johnson has so justly ridiculed, is another example of similar confusion : — "I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain." The muse figured by a horse may, as Dr. Blair says, be bridled, but when we speak of...

...the future far as human eye could see. Or Addison, as if he could bridle a ship, or launch a horse : I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain. — Letter from Italy. A still more important consideration with reference to these figures, and one...

...and oratory agree and differ. 6. The characteristics and use of good novels. 7. Criticise : — a. ' I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain.'t b. ' The report is, that he should have said in confidence, that he would never bear arms...

...heresies. " 9. "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...

...should not be mixed. A familiar example is afforded by the following couplet from Addison : "I hridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nohler strain." Here the Muse, a goddess, is spoken of as being " bridled." Then, after raising the...

...to writing poetry, he coined mixed metaphors as freely as he ever did in prose. Here is one : — " I bridle in my struggling muse with pain. That longs to launch into a bolder strain,'* So eager is he to sing the glories of Marlborough's victories that he makes his muse a steed, a ship,...