 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...  De Quincey's works - Side 5af Thomas De Quincey - 1862Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1848 - 602 sider
...of power. The functi )n of the first is — to teach ; the function of the second is — to more : the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail....affections of pleasure and sympathy. Remotely, it maytravel towards an object seated in what Lord Bacon calls dry light ; but proximatcly it does and... | |
 | 1848 - 596 sider
...court representations of his chief dramas at Whitehall. function of the second is — to пмъе: the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail....understanding or reason, but always through affections oí pleasure and sympathy. Remotely, it may travel towards an object seated in what Lord Bacon calls... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 312 sider
...literature of power. The function of the 5rst is — to teach ; the function of the second is — to move •• the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. 'Lie first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 364 sider
...statistics, they are indispensable to the honest student. But no man would therefore class the lilue Pookt ai literature. applicable to the common vague idea of...always through affections of pleasure and sympathy. Eemotely, it may travel towards an object seated in what Lord Bacon calls dry light; but, proximately,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 352 sider
...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...always through affections of pleasure and sympathy. Eemotely, it may travel towards an object seated in what Lord Bacon calls dry light ; but, proximately,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1875 - 598 sider
...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...towards an object seated in what Lord Bacon calls dry 'Vht; but proximately it does and must operate, else it ceases to be a literature of power, on and... | |
 | 1875 - 448 sider
...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...always through affections of pleasure and sympathy. Eemotely, it may travel towards an object seated in what Lord Bacon calls dry light; but proximately... | |
 | Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters - 1876 - 636 sider
...The one speaks to the understanding ; the other, to the higher faculty we have been considering, and always through affections of pleasure and sympathy. " Remotely it may travel towards objects in the Lumen Siccum, a phrase of Lord Bacon for the pure reason, but proximately, it must act,... | |
 | William Parsons Atkinson - 1878 - 84 sider
...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...always through affections of pleasure and sympathy." And he illustrates his distinction thus : " What do you learn from ' Paradise Lost ' ? Nothing at all.... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 sider
...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 are sometimes very effective ; as in the Bible, in the old ballads, in... | |
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