Excerpt from Italy and Its Inhabitants, Vol. 2 of 2: An Account of a Tour in That Country in 1816 and 1817 Yet is there something in the sulk y inso lence of the Romans, - ih their morose, ill natured looks, - that puts one strongly in mind of what they were in the days of their prosperity. Their manner is like the grow] ing of an old mastiff, conscious at once of his former strength, and of the loss of his teeth. It is this galling sense of their im potence which makes them such dangerous enemies they brood over their injuries with a degree of malice of which they would not be capable, if they thought they could easily revenge them; and as they are pos sessed of few ideas, that one passion which happens to take full possession of their minds festers sooner or later into a crime. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.