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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... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 11
by James Boswell - 1873 - 576 pages
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...did not much Mini 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...book, (as such books generally are), and, perhaps, to langh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pages
...expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are), and, perhaps, to langh at it. Bu 1 1 found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1821 - 398 pages
...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...religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry." * From this time forward religion was the predominant object of his thoughts ; though, with the just...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 16

1821 - 372 pages
...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...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...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1821 - 388 pages
...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...religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry." * From this time forward religion was the predominant object of his thoughts; though, with the just...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally arc,) and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite...religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry." * From this time forward religion was the predominant object of his thoughts; though, with the just...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...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...earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational enquiry." 3 From this time forward religion was the predominant object of his thoughts ; though, with...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...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...earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational enquiry." 3 From this time forward religion was the predominant object of his thoughts ; though, with...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pages
...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...
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History of the Church of England, from the Earliest Periods to the Present ...

Edward Rutledge - 1825 - 330 pages
...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...
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