 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 314 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. 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 moce: the first is a rudder, the second, an oar or a sail." 3 Simple iterations of phrase... | |
 | 1896 - 712 lehte
...for us a very useful distinction between " literature of knowledge," and " 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." What De Quincey calls literature... | |
 | English authors - 1880 - 178 lehte
...BOOKS OF POWER. 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... | |
 | James H. Smart - 1880 - 98 lehte
...De Quincey divides all literature into the " literature of knowledge and the literature of power." " The function of the first is to teach ; the function of the second is to move." In Sesame and Lilies Ruskin speaks of "books of the hour" and "books of all time." In... | |
 | David Masson - 1881 - 222 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. 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... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of k-n1nrltdgc; and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach ; the function of the second is to mave. The first is a rudder ; the second, an oar or a ssil." (2.) In dealing with dates and statistics,... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 lehte
...History of Greece. There, is first, the literature of knowledge; and, secondly, the literature of power. The Fire is, to move; the first is n rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 lehte
...divides all literature into two classed—the literature of knowledge and the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach ; the function of the second is to move. For the best definition which I think can be given of Eloquence is, the art of speaking... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 lehte
...country.— WEBBTEB. There in. first, the literature of knowledge: anil, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is, to teach ; the function of the second is, to move : the first ia a rudder ; the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the more discursive... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. 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... | |
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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... 
