"The same creative power, the same extent and force, the same impetuosity, and fire of Imagination, distinguish both almost in an equal degree; with this difference only, that the latter is permitted to range with a LOOSER rein than is indulged to the former, which, though it may dare to emulate the boldness and sublimity of poetic inspiration, is not allowed to SPORT and WANTON with such WILDNESS and LUXURIANCE."
— Duff, William (1732-1815)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly
Date
1767
Metaphor
"The same creative power, the same extent and force, the same impetuosity, and fire of Imagination, distinguish both almost in an equal degree; with this difference only, that the latter is permitted to range with a LOOSER rein than is indulged to the former, which, though it may dare to emulate the boldness and sublimity of poetic inspiration, is not allowed to SPORT and WANTON with such WILDNESS and LUXURIANCE."
Metaphor in Context
With respect to a Genius for Eloquence, its characteristical indications are essentially the same with those which denote a talent for Poetry. The same creative power, the same extent and force, the same impetuosity, and fire of Imagination, distinguish both almost in an equal degree; with this difference only, that the latter is permitted to range with a LOOSER rein than is indulged to the former, which, though it may dare to emulate the boldness and sublimity of poetic inspiration, is not allowed to SPORT and WANTON with such WILDNESS and LUXURIANCE.
(pp. 44-5)
(pp. 44-5)
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Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1767).
Text from William Duff, An Essay on Original Genius; and its Various Modes of Exertion in Philosophy and the Fine Arts, Particularly in Poetry (London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1767). <Link to ESTC>
Text from William Duff, An Essay on Original Genius; and its Various Modes of Exertion in Philosophy and the Fine Arts, Particularly in Poetry (London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1767). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/01/2013
