...surrounded with groves and shady walks. " But there cannot," says Middletan, in his life of Cicero, " be a better proof of the delightfulness of the place...converted to monkish cloisters — the seat of the most reftned reason, wit and learning, to a nursery of superstition and bigotry. What a pleasure must it...

...his birth, says that Atticus was charmed with it. ' But there cannot be a better proof,' adds he, ' of the delightfulness of the place, than that it '...to Monkish cloisters ! the seat of the most refined " Mr. Jebb wrote a particular friend, in reference to the above friend, on the 23d of that month, (April,)...

...his birth, says that Atticus was charmed with it. ' But there cannot be a better proof,' adds he, ' of the delightfulness of the place, than that it '...to Monkish cloisters ! the seat of the most refined " Mr. Jebb wrote a particular friend, in reference to the above friend, on the 23d of that month, (April,)...

...of the place, than that it ' is now possessed by a convent of Monks, and called The Villa ' nf Si. Dominic. Strange revolution, to see Cicero's porticos...to Monkish cloisters ! the seat of the most refined " Mr. Jebb wrote a particular friend, in reference to the above friend, on the 23d of that month, (April,)...

...were, the best art.45 However, once we acknowledge that Strange revolution! to see Cicero's portico's converted to Monkish cloisters! The seat of the most...nursery of superstition, bigotry, and enthusiasm! Quoted in New (1978), p. 51. 43 Middleton (1729), p. 32. We will discuss English Protestant opposition...