work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context 7743,"",ECCO,2013-10-28 19:08:04 UTC,"[...] Your Memory, and Understanding too
Will still acquire new Strength, by reading slow.
The Traveller, who o'er the Country flies,
Few rural Beauties, with Discernment, spies;
Objects, that pass so swift, confound the Mind,
And no distinct Impression leave behind.

Some Readers read too much, as Gluttons eat,
These Flatulence produce, and those Conceit;
If you, by reading much, would Knowledge gain,
Think, while you read, or you will read in vain;
You'll be no wiser than a Parrot taught
To speak, if you still read, without a Thought [...]
(p. 72)",,23103,"","""Your Memory, and Understanding too / Will still acquire new Strength, by reading slow. / The Traveller, who o'er the Country flies, / Few rural Beauties, with Discernment, spies; / Objects, that pass so swift, confound the Mind, / And no distinct Impression leave behind.""",Impressions,2013-10-28 19:08:04 UTC,""