 When at Oxford I took up 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...  boswell's life of johnson - Página 16por charles grosvenor osgood - 1917Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1893 - 1110 páginas
...of his nature. It was at Oxford that, after reading Law's 'Serious Call,' he wrote in his diary : " This was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest...religion after I became capable of rational inquiry." But doubtless the soil was well prepared ; he had a devout nature and a religious mother, and the impressions... | |
 | Henry Clay Sheldon - 1894 - 466 páginas
...obligations to the " Serious Call." "When at Oxford," he says, "I took it up expecting to find it a dull book and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite...thinking in earnest of religion after I became capable of religious inquiry." By the same robust writer the " Serious Call " was further described as " the finest... | |
 | Henry Clay Sheldon - 1894 - 466 páginas
...at Oxford," he says, "I took it up expecting to find it a dull book and perhaps to laugh at it. Bat I found Law quite an over-match for me ; and this...thinking in earnest of religion after I became capable of religious inquiry." By the same robust writer the " Serious Call " was further described as " the finest... | |
 | John Dennis - 1896 - 276 páginas
...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.'... | |
 | Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1897 - 584 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 406 páginas
...of hortatory theology in any language ; ' he first read it at Oxford, when aged 20, and found it ' quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion.'] Iiee, Harriet, 1757-1851. Novelist and dramatist. (GEORGE III.; The Canterbury Tales with S. Lee, qv... | |
 | Douglas Macleane - 1897 - 580 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 408 páginas
...piece of hortatory theology in any language ;' he first read it at Oxford, when aged 20, and found it' quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion.'] Iioe, Harriet, 1757-1851. Novelist and dramatist. (GEOEGE III.) The Canterbury Tales with S. Lee, gv... | |
 | John Dennis - 1899 - 294 páginas
...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 MacLuckie Connell - 1924 - 170 páginas
...said Dr. Samuel Johnson, referring to his student days, " I took up Law's Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, expecting to find it a dull book (as such...religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry." And other notable testimonies to the influence of Law's writings could be cited. Some years after being... | |
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