...; but " when at Oxford," says he, " I took up Law's Serious Call, expecting to find it a dull book, and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me." On another occasion, when commending Law's Serious Call, he asserted that it was " the finest piece...

...did not much think against it; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's Serious Call to...find it a dull book (as such books generally are), arid perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this, was the first occasion...

...surpassed by any production of its kind. " When at Oxford," said Johnson, " I took up Law's Serious Call, expecting to find it a dull book, as such books generally...quite an overmatch for me, and this was the first time of my thinking in earnest about religion. Bentley, a man of prodigious attainments, and who at...

...did not much think against it; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a...earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry0." From this 0 Mrs. Piozzi has given a strange fantastical account of the original of Dr. Johnson's...

...did not much think against it; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a...Life, expecting to find it a dull book, as such books geflerally are, and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was...

...did not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, where it would not be mf/ered. When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's Serious Call to...religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry."* • Mm. Plant hu siven a strange fantastical account ft the original of Dr. Johnson's belief in our...

...the writings of Law, we entirely sympathize with the confession of Dr. Johnson, when he said ; — " I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting to find it a dull book, as such books usually are, and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the...

...4*. Dr. Johnson says, When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call, expecting to find it a dull book, and perhaps to laugh at it, but I found Law quite an overmatch for me, and thii was the first occasion of my thinking seriously of Religion. l.ije by llasu'i-rt. Dr. Johnson...

...till I went to Oxford, where it would not^be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up ' Law's Serious Gall to a -Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book...earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry1." From this time forward religion was the predominant object of his thoughts ; though, with...

...not much think against it ; and this lasted till I went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, I took up 'Law's Serious Call to a...books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But 1 found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of...