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SICILY AND MALTA. s69
milies, it is probably one of the best acade-
mies for politeness in this part of the
globe ; besides where every one is entitled
by law as well as custom, to demand satis-
faction for the least breach of it, people
are under a necessity of being very exact
and circumspect, both with regard to their
words and adions.
All the knights and commanders have
much the appearance of gentlemen, and
men of the world. We met with no cha-
racter in extreme. The ridicules and pre-
judices of every particular nation, are by-
degrees softened and wore off, by the fa-
miliar intercourse and collision with each
other. It is curious to observe the effect it
produces upon the various people that
compose this little medley. The French
skip, the German strut, and the Spanish
stalk, are all mingled together in such siriall
proportions, that none of them are (Inking;
Vol. I. 13 b yet '
milies, it is probably one of the best acade-
mies for politeness in this part of the
globe ; besides where every one is entitled
by law as well as custom, to demand satis-
faction for the least breach of it, people
are under a necessity of being very exact
and circumspect, both with regard to their
words and adions.
All the knights and commanders have
much the appearance of gentlemen, and
men of the world. We met with no cha-
racter in extreme. The ridicules and pre-
judices of every particular nation, are by-
degrees softened and wore off, by the fa-
miliar intercourse and collision with each
other. It is curious to observe the effect it
produces upon the various people that
compose this little medley. The French
skip, the German strut, and the Spanish
stalk, are all mingled together in such siriall
proportions, that none of them are (Inking;
Vol. I. 13 b yet '