 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...merit. It is more correct, with lefs appearance of labour, and more elegant, with lefs ambition of ornament, than any other of his poems. There is however...metaphor,,. .of which notice may properly be taken: * Fir'd Fir'd with that name^-". I bridle in my ftruggling Mufe with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 476 pages
...merit. It is more correct, with lefs appearance of labour, and more elegant, with lefs ambition of ornament, than any other of his poems. There is however...broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : i Fir'd with that name— I bridle in my flruggling Miife with pain, That longs to launch into a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...merit. It is more' correct, with lefs appearance of labour, and more elegant, with lefs ambition of ornament, than any other of his poems. There is however...broken metaphor,. of which notice may properly be taken :. i Fir' ' Fir'd with that name — I bridle in my flruggling Mufe with pain, That longs to launch... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...merit. It is more corre£t, with lefs appearance of labour, .and more .elegant, with lefs ambition of .ornament, than any other of his poems. There is however...broken metaphor, .of which notice may properly be taken : * " Fir" Fir'd with that name— I bridle in my Struggling Mufe with pain, That longs to launch into... | |
 | Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...merit. It is more correct, with Isfs appearance of labour, and more elegant, with lels ambition of ornament, than any other of his poems. There is however one broken metaphor, of which notice may prop:;ly be taken : Fir'd with that name— I bridle in my ItrugMing Mufe with pain, That longs to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 484 pages
...merit. It is more correct, with lefs appearance of labour, and more elegant, with lefs ambition of ornament, than any other of his poems. There is however...which notice may properly be taken : Fir'd with that narrie- i -' •' I bridle in my fbruggling Mufe with painy -• That longs to launch into a nobler... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...lefs appearance of labour, and more elegant, with lefs ambition of ornament, than any other of bis poems. There is, however, one broken metaphor, of...notice may properly be taken: Fir'd with that name— 1 bridle in my ftruggling Mufe with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler ftrain. To bridle a goddefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1794 - 450 pages
...more elegant, with lefs ambition of ornament, than any other of his poems. There is, howrever, pne broken metaphor, of which notice may properly be taken : Fir'd with that name — I bridle in my ftruggling Mufe with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler ftrain. * Spence. B b 2 To To bridle... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1797 - 278 pages
...lefs appearance of labour, and more elegant, with lefs ambitioe of ornament, than other of ' " - his his poems. There is however one broken metaphor, of...properly be taken: Fir'd with that name I bridle in my ftruggling mate •with pain, That long* to launch into a nobler ib jin. *' To bridle a Gtddefs is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...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 she fangs to launch ; an act... | |
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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. 
