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foolish at each other, without uttering a
word, till Fullarton asked me in the most
provoking manner in the world, whether
I would chuse a little of the callipafli or
the callipee.—The two men shrugged up
their shoulders, and said Pazienza ; but
Glover told them in a rage, that all the
pazienza on earth was not equal to a good
turtle.
Soon after this, the remains of the
great Syracuse appeared ; the remembrance
of whose glory, magnificence, and il-
lustrious deeds both in arts and arms,
made us for some time even forget our
turtle. But, alas! how are the mighty
fallen! This proud city, that vied with
Rome itself, is now reduced to a heap of
rubbish; for what remains of it deserves
not the name os a city. We rowed round
the greatest part of its walls without see-
ing a human creature; those very walls
that were the terror of the Roman arms 5
from
foolish at each other, without uttering a
word, till Fullarton asked me in the most
provoking manner in the world, whether
I would chuse a little of the callipafli or
the callipee.—The two men shrugged up
their shoulders, and said Pazienza ; but
Glover told them in a rage, that all the
pazienza on earth was not equal to a good
turtle.
Soon after this, the remains of the
great Syracuse appeared ; the remembrance
of whose glory, magnificence, and il-
lustrious deeds both in arts and arms,
made us for some time even forget our
turtle. But, alas! how are the mighty
fallen! This proud city, that vied with
Rome itself, is now reduced to a heap of
rubbish; for what remains of it deserves
not the name os a city. We rowed round
the greatest part of its walls without see-
ing a human creature; those very walls
that were the terror of the Roman arms 5
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