...Quincey, you remember, has thus stated it: " There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and, second, the literature of power." " The function of the first...to teach; the function of the second is to move." In other words, the object of the first is information. The object of the second is inspiration. Surely,...

...readily divide themselves into two great classes. "There is, first," in the language of DeQuincey, "the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to tench ; the function of the second is to move : the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail....

...on Pope. writings are not so generally read as they should be, we may quote part of his remarks. " In that great social organ, which collectively we...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 understanding ; the...

...exhausted in making the twofold division into the literature of knowledge and the literature of 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...

...exhausted in making the twofold division into the literature of knowledge and the literature of power. In that great social organ, which collectively we...may be distinguished two separate offices that may hlend and often do so, but capable severally of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal...

...at once to the Count, who paid for them promptly. There is the literature of knowledge and there is the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach ; the function ol the second is to move. The first is a rodder ; the second, tm oar or a sail. ART-DEALER'S FRUSTRATION....

...exhausted in making the twofold division into the literature of knowledge and the literature of power. In that great social organ, which collectively we call literature, there may he distinguished two separate offices that may blend and often do so, but capable severally of a severe...

...offices, that may blend and often do so, but capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally 5 fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first,...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 understanding; the...

...better definition of literature, as in a sharper distinction of the two functions which it fulfils. In that great social organ which, collectively, we...capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally 5 fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the...

...in literature — 'one that is readily applicable to his own writings. " There is first," he says, " the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature...the function of the second is to move : the first is ?. rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the...