 Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I...  Johnsoniana.. - Page 135by James Boswell - 1820 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - Oxford (England) - 1897 - 584 pages
...his mind. He had been a lax talker, rather than thinker, against religion till he went to Oxford. ' When at Oxford I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting to find it a dull 1 In the Oxford Sausage the ex-fellow who has taken a living regrets the time 'When calm around the... | |
 | Douglas Macleane - Oxford (England) - 1897 - 580 pages
...his mind. He had been a lax talker, rather than thinker, against religion till he went to Oxford. ' When at Oxford I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting to find it a doll 1 In the Oxford Sausage the ex-fellow who has taken a living regrets the time 'When calm around... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1899 - 294 pages
...against religion, for I did not much tit in I: against it; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, when I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting...find it a dull book (as such books generally are), but I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest.'... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1900 - 928 pages
...reluctance to go to church. I then became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think native country, recommend yourself to the protection...prove the nonexistence of matter, and that everything quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after... | |
 | Frank Banfield - Methodist Church - 1900 - 162 pages
...Protestants. For example, we have the testimony of no less a person than Dr. Johnson, who said : — When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a...generally are) and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me, and this was the first occasion of my thinking in [earnest of religion,... | |
 | Pickering & Chatto - Bookbinding - 1900 - 516 pages
...CHRISTIANS, by WILLIAM LAW, A..M. 17:9. FIRST EDITION, &vo, fine copy in old calf , £1 2s •• • When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a...dull book (as such books generally are) and perhaps laugh at it. But I found Law quite an over-match for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pages
...reluctance to go to church. I then became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford,...When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's Serious Call to the Uncon- i' verted,' expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are,) and perhaps... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1901 - 540 pages
...not much think against it; and this lasted till I I went to Oxford, where it would not be sifffered. When at Oxford, I took up Law's ' Serious Call to...books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. -ButJL.fJQ.UJld Law quite an overmatcJLfjpr me ; and this was the first occjasioa.of-JBy thinking in... | |
 | Whitwell Elwin - Authors, English - 1902 - 574 pages
...reluctance to go to church. I then became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford,...generally are, and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion,... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1902 - 416 pages
..."communicated to me the following particulars upon the subject of his religious progress : ' When I was at Oxford, I took up Law's " Serious Call to a Holy...are), and perhaps to laugh at it, but I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion after... | |
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