 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 halaman
...failings.— MABKLASD. Oxford, I took up ' Law's ' Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a doll book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. Bat I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest... | |
 | George Ayliffe Poole - 1881 - 272 halaman
...Doctor, " I took up Law's ' Serious Call,' expecting to find it a dull book, as such books generally are. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this...earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational enquiry." In another place Dr. Johnson says that Law's " Serious Call " " is the finest piece of hortatory... | |
 | John Henry Overton - 1881 - 504 halaman
...Law's " Serious Call to a Holy Life," expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are). But I found Law quite an over-match for me ; and this...was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest.' 2 On another occasion he called it 'the finest piece of hortatory theology in any language,' and on... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 halaman
...I went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting to find it a dull book (as such...religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry." To Boswell's great surprise, he asked him to dine with him on Easter-day. He never supposed that he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 halaman
...went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's l Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such...earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational enquiry."3 From this time 1 William Law was born 1686, entered, in 1705, of Em. Coll., Cambridge, Fellow... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 halaman
...study of Scripture and of religious books. " I took up ' Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' " he says, "expecting to find it a dull book, as such books generally...religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry." The solemnity of feeling in regard to religious subjects he never afterwards lost, although he himself... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 172 halaman
...study of Scripture and of religious books. " I took up ' Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life," " he says, "expecting to find it a dull book, as such books generally...and this was the first occasion of my thinking in carnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry." The solemnity of feeling in regard... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 halaman
...I went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting to find it a dull book (as such...laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ;2 and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of... | |
 | William Richard Wood Stephens - 1885 - 652 halaman
...to laugh at it. These are his own words, but, says he, ' I found Law an overmatch for me, and that was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of...religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry.' Now of this book I intend always to read a chapter every morning ; I am sure it will be of advantage... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 halaman
...went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered1. When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life''', expecting to find it a dull book (as...earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry3.' From this time forward religion too often happens, intercepted his reformation.' Johnson's... | |
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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... 
