 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
 | John Henry Overton - Church and state - 1902 - 524 pages
...against religion, for I did not much think 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- a« -trver-match for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...reluctance to go to church. I then became a sort of lax talker against religion, for I did not much think 1729] LAW'S SERIOUS CALL 47 Serious Call to a Holy Life,'1 expecting to find it a dull book (as such... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1906 - 286 pages
...against religion, for I did not much think 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.'... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1908 - 288 pages
...not much think against it; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, when I took up Law's Serious Gall to a Holy Life, expecting to 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.'... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 616 pages
...EDWARD, 1894, Letter to ST Irwin, June 15, Letters, vol. ii, p. 44. SERIOUS CALL TO A HOLY LIFE 1729 "When at Oxford, I took up 'Law's Serious Call to...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1910 - 602 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 Unconverted,' expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are,) and perhaps to laugh... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1903 - 1038 pages
...help, and resolved not to prolong the time of obeying him as I had never done before." Johnson says: "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 after... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - English literature - 1912 - 626 pages
...religion, for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford3/ When there, 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 oYer-match for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - English literature - 1912 - 636 pages
...religion, for I did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford2.' When there, I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting to find it a doll book (as mich books generally are). . . . But I found Law quite an over-match for me; and this... | |
 | James Boswell - Readers - 1916 - 370 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,...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.'''... | |
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