Excerpt from Observations on Italy: By the Late John BellI lay sinking for many hours, with the feeling of death long protracted, when I felt how painful it was not to come quite to life, yet not to die, a clamorous dream tell that in no long time that must happen, which was lately so near. Neither reason nor conviction totally destroys hope, while it is a duty to adopt the most probable means of recovering health, however unlikely to succeed, and with this view he entered Italy.To a classical taste, and knowledge of drawing, (many of his professional designs being finely executed by his own hand, ) the author joined a mind strongly alive to the beauties of nature. He would Often, in his earlier years, yield to the enjoyment they produced, and, wan dering among the wild and grand scenery of his native land, indulge his imagination in gazing on the rapid stream, or watching the coming storm.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.