 | 1895 - 850 Seiten
...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 farst is to teach ; the function of the second is to move : the first is a rudder, the second an oar... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1896 - 388 Seiten
...do so, but capable severally of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge; and,...to the mere discursive understanding ; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world. /. MACAULAY — On Sir William Temple. There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly,...speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis - 1897 - 320 Seiten
...higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy. — DE QUINCEY. There is, first, the literature of knowledge. And,...speaks to the mere discursive understanding. The second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey, David Masson - 1897 - 490 Seiten
...so, but capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge ; and,...speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1898 - 910 Seiten
...so, but capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. The function of the first is to teach ; the function...first is a rudder ; the second, an oar or a sail." — Essays. " Wine unsettles and clouds the judgment, and gives a preternatural brightness and a vivid... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 Seiten
...distinction in literature — one that is readily applicable to his own writings. "There is first," he says, "the literature of knowledge, and, secondly, the literature...to the mere discursive understanding ; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through the affections... | |
 | 1899 - 726 Seiten
...mere knowledge, and with regard to its object there are two kinds of literature, as De Quincey says, "There is, first, the literature of knowledge; and...second, an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding,... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1899 - 628 Seiten
...his characteristic way of addressing us. This style is the expression of his personal characsecondly, the literature of power. The function of the first...The first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. Tho first speaks to the mere discursive understanding ; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen,... | |
 | John Milton - 1899 - 350 Seiten
...do so, but capable severally of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There is, first, the literature of knowledge, and,...function of the second is to move. . . . The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher... | |
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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 discursive... 
