Authority Cited: Law
Author name and dates: William Law (1686-1761)
BKG Bio-tweet: Declined George I Oath; practical theological writing influenced Wesleys, Wilberforce, Whitefield, SJ, Gibbon; later mystic
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Law cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, four Law cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. Reddick, in The Making of Johnson's Dictionary, indicates 179 total Law cites in vol. 2 of the 1773 Dict. (This includes four Law cites in the 1755 Dict. vol. 2.) The sampled added Law cites in the 1773 Dict. are indicated in bold italic below.]
Author name and dates: William Law (1686-1761)
BKG Bio-tweet: Declined George I Oath; practical theological writing influenced Wesleys, Wilberforce, Whitefield, SJ, Gibbon; later mystic
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Law cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, four Law cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. Reddick, in The Making of Johnson's Dictionary, indicates 179 total Law cites in vol. 2 of the 1773 Dict. (This includes four Law cites in the 1755 Dict. vol. 2.) The sampled added Law cites in the 1773 Dict. are indicated in bold italic below.]
- Practical Treatise on Christian Perfection; devotion;
- A serious call to a devout and holy life. Adapted to the state and condition of all orders of Christians, By William Law, A.M., London : printed for William Innys, 1732, The second edition, corrected. (per Reddick in The Making of Johnson's Dictionary (231), an edition later than the 1st was used for quotations.); gewgaw;
- Law (no work cited); needless; petition; running; think; threatening; town;