There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach ; the function of the second is to move ; the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive... Studies in Literature and Style - Página 50por Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1890 - 297 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| William Minto - 1881 - 634 páginas
...case of his cardinal distinction between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power — " In that great social organ which, collectively, we...separate offices that may blend, and often do so, bat capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There... | |
| James Mason Hoppin - 1881 - 842 páginas
...not in the alphabetic single-file in which lexicographers post and drill them." ' De Quincey says, " There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The func' Marsh's " Eng. Lang, and Early Literature," p. 442. tion of the first is to teach ; the function... | |
| David Masson - 1882 - 224 páginas
...of the passages in which he expounds it: "THE LITERATURE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE LITERATURE OP POWER. " In that great social organ which, collectively, we...; the function of the second is to move: the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the... | |
| 1882 - 1434 páginas
...noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. /. MACABLAY. — Essay on Mitford's History of Greece. There, is first, the literature of knowledge; and,...the function of the second is, to move; the first is n rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 páginas
...noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. /. MACAULAY —Essay on Mitford's History of Greece. rd of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. ¡. Sir HENBY WOTTON — The Ch t!ie first is, to teach; the function -)t the second is, to move; the first is a rudder, the second... | |
| Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 páginas
...—COLERIDGE. De Quincey divided all literature into two classes—the literature of knowledge and the literature of power. The function of the first...to teach ; the function of the second is to move. For the best definition which I think can be given of Eloquence in, the art of speaking in such a manner... | |
| Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 páginas
...Thus : Let oar object be, our country, oar whole country, rm.l nothing but oar country.— WEB8TIB. There is, first, the literature of knowledge; and,...the literature of power. The function of the first IB, to teach; the function of the second IB, to move: the first if • rudder; the second an oar or... | |
| Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 824 páginas
...Thus : Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our eonntry- — WEB8TEB. There is, first, the literature of knowledge ; and,...secondly, the literature of power. The function of the. flrat in, to teach ; the fnnctlon of the second is, to move : the first is a rudder ; the second an... | |
| Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 páginas
...Let our object be, oar country, our whole country, and nothing bnt our country. — WEBOTEK. There K first, the literature of knowledge : and, secondly,...the literature of power. The function of the first IK, to teach ; the function uf the second 18, to move : the first U a rudder ; the sec-md an oar or... | |
| 1885 - 138 páginas
...best society, reading the best books, and wisely admiring the best things. In the words of De Quincey, There is first the literature of knowledge; and secondly...literature of power. The function of the first is to teach, of the second, to move ; the first is a rudder, the second an oar or sail. The first speaks to the... | |
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