3 Metaphors for licences

Howsoever extravagant he may be in his notions of poetic licence, that licence is never with him a synonym for licentiousness.

A Representative of gallantry has no reason to envy either the authority of the Grand Signor, or the licence of his seragliohe is arbiter of the fate of every woman that pleases him; and, it is supposed, that many a fair captive has owed her liberty to her charms, and that the philosophy of a French husband has sometimes opened the doors of his prison.

"A popular licence is indeed the manyheaded tyranny.

3 Metaphors for  licences