...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, bnt capable, severally, of n severe insulation, and naturally filted for reciprocal repulsion. There...

...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...

...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...

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...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...

...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...

...—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...

...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...

...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...

...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...