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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... "
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General ... - Page 102
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The Works of Thomas De Quincey: Leaders in literature

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 358 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...
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Leaders in Literature: With a Notice of Traditional Errors Affecting Them

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 352 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...
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The Congregational Review, 7. köide

1867 - 660 lehte
...Quincy divides literature into two classes; 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. The first is a rudder, the second is an oar or sail." The one informs or communicates something...
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The Office and Work of the Christian Ministry

James Mason Hoppin - 1869 - 650 lehte
...Quincey says, " 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." Apply this remark to English literature, and what names of living power start up ! They...
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A Manual of Elocution: Founded Upon the Philosophy of the Human Voice. With ...

M. S. Mitchell - 1871 - 422 lehte
...There is, first, the literature 58 ELOCUTION. 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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Biographical Essays and Essays on the Poets

Thomas De Quincey - 1875 - 598 lehte
...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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An Elocutionary Manual: With an Introductory Essay on the Study of ...

1875 - 448 lehte
...reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowkdge, and, secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is, to teach; the function of the second is, to move: the first ja & rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive...
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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, 5. köide

Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 668 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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Principles of Rhetoric ...

Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 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." 3 Simple iterations of phrase...
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On the Right Use of Books: A Lecture

William Parsons Atkinson - 1878 - 74 lehte
...Essay on Pope. "There is the literature of knowledge" he'says, " and there is 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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