St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice, Written for the Help of the Few Travellers Who Still Care for Her Monuments; Parts I. And II (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice, Written for the Help of the Few Travellers Who Still Care for Her Monuments; Parts I. And II Great nations Write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others but of the three, the only quite trustworthy one is the last. The acts of a nation may be triumphant by its good fortune and its words mighty by the genius of a few of its children': but its art, only by the general gifts and common sympathies of the race. 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.