 A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally casual — they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him know not his deficience. By any acute observer...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 3351824Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 294 pages
...the mere plaything thing of Fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual: they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reject him, know not his deficience. By an acute obfervcr, who had looked on the tranfactions of the medical world for half... | |
 | SAMUEL johnson - 1781 - 292 pages
...plaything AKENSIDE. 9 thing of Fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual : they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reject him, know not his deficience. By an acute obferver, who had looked on the tranfactions of the medical world for half... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...be the mere play-thing of Fortune ; his degree of reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual : they that employ him, -know not his excellence; they that reject him, know not his defjcience. By an acute obferver, who had looked on the tranfactions of the medical world for half... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...be the mere play-thing of Fortune ; his degree of reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual : they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reject him, know not his deficience. By an acute obferver, who had looked on the tranfaclions of the medical world for half... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...be the mere play-thing of Fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual: they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reject him, know not his deficience. By an acute dbferver, who had looked on the tranfadUons of the medical world for half a... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1795 - 682 pages
...the mere play-thing of fortune; hie degree of reputation is , for the moft part , totally cafual : they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reject him, know not his déficience. By an acute obferver , who had looked on the transactions o£ the medical world for half... | |
 | 1798 - 554 pages
...to be the mere plaything of fortune ; his degree of reputation is for the molt part totally cafual. They that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reject him, know not hisdehciency." Dr. Brocklelby for fome time, and in lomc degree, fliared this fate. He had firft to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...seems to be .the •mere plaything of fortune; his degree of -reputation is for the most part, totally casual. They 'that employ him know not his excellence ; they <that -reject him, know not his dciicience. By an observer, who had looked on the transactions of .the medical world for half a century,... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1809 - 516 pages
...mere plaything of fortune," says Dr. Johnson : " his degree of reputation is for the most part totally casual ; they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him " know not his deficience. By any acute observer, who had " looked on the transactions of the medical world for the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 524 pages
...seems to be the mere plaything of fortune ; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally casual : they that employ him know not his excellence ; they that reject him knownot his dcficience."* Another obstacle to the acquirement of practice which will be ever felt by... | |
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