 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1912 - 636 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Parkes Cadman - 1916 - 634 Seiten
...religion, . . . 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 Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book, UH such books generally are, and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me... | |
 | Elizabeth Von Arnim - 1920 - 306 Seiten
...felt how thin he was, said of the "Serious Call" that he took it up expecting it to be a dull book, and perhaps to laugh at it — "But I found Law quite an overmatch for me." He certainly would be an overmatch for me, I knew, should I try to stand up to him, but that was not... | |
 | John Dennis - 1924 - 280 Seiten
...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.'... | |
 | John Dennis - 1928 - 280 Seiten
...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.'... | |
 | William Law - 1978 - 548 Seiten
...manner of encomia. When Samuel Johnson went to Oxford, he picked it up "expecting to find it a dull book (such books generally are) and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me." Boswell, who reports this saying, adds, "From this time forward, religion was the dominant object of... | |
 | Austin Warren - 1996 - 244 Seiten
...manner of encomia. When Samuel Johnson went to Oxford, he picked it up "expecting to find it a dull book (such books generally are) and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me." Boswell, who reports this saying, adds, "From this time forward, religion was the dominant object of... | |
 | John H. Darch, Stuart K. Burns - 2004 - 248 Seiten
...until l went to Oxford, where it would not be suffered. When at Oxford, l took up Law's Serious Call, expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But l found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of... | |
 | 1892 - 1274 Seiten
...his best known work, the " Serious Call," now before me, the great Dr. Johnson said: "When at Oxford, I took up Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life, expecting...dull book (as such books generally are) and perhaps laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking... | |
 | 1791 - 668 Seiten
...Serious Call to th'c Unconverted," i expecting to find it a dull hook, (as fuch books gencYally arc,) and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite' an overmatch for me: and this was the firft occafion of my thinking in earned of religion, after I became Capable of rational inquiry. •'... | |
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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 1 found Law quite an overmatch for me... 
