...literature of power — " In that great social or^an which, collectively, we call literature, tliere may be distinguished two separate offices that may...capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally tilted for reciprocal repulsion. Tliere is. first, the literature of Icruiwlcdye ; and secondly, 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...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...teach • the function of the second is, 'to move : th«-first is a rudder, ttersecontt an . iar or ;is;i il . The first speaks to the mere discursive...

...on Alexander Pope, has made for us a very useful distinction between, " literature of knowledge" and "literature of power:" " The function of the first...teach, the function of the second is to move; the first is a rudder; the second, an oar or a sail." What De Quincy calls literature of knowledge would be represented...

...case of his cardinal distinction between 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." (2.) In dealing with dates and statistics, he has a commendable...

...distinguished two sepaarate offices that sometimes blend and that are sometimes found in a severe insulation. "There is, first, the literature of knowledge; and,...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 ; t?ie...

...obsequiousness and servility, to none." a De Quincey also furnishes an example of effective repetition : — " In that great social organ, which, collectively, we...two separate offices that may blend and often do so, but8 capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There...

...case of his cardinal distinction between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power — "In that great social organ which, collectively, we...two separate offices that may blend, and often do BO, but capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion....

...bear in mind the well-known distinction made by De Quincey between the literature of knowledge and the literature of power. The function of the first...the function of the second is to move : the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. If we were to embark on a voyage, we should find that both...

...LITERATURE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE LITERATURE OF POWER. In that great social organ which, collectively.we call Literature, there may be distinguished two separate offices that may blend and often do so, bat capable, severally, of a severe insulation, and naturally fitted for reciprocal repulsion. There...