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1777. CONVENT, Entering a.—

And
Madame Cosway in a convent! I knew that to
much goodness of heart she joined enthusiasm
and religion; but I thought that very enthusiasm
would have prevented her from shutting
up her adoration of the God of the universe
within the walls of a cloister; that she would
rather have sought the mountain top.—
To Mrs. Church. Ford ed., vi, 455.
(G. 1793)