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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ... - Page 219
by Samuel Johnson - 1787 - 297 pages
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...in medical reputation, but never atr tained any great extent of pra&ice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great city feems to be the mere play-thing...that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that re'jeft him, know not his deficience. By an acute obferver, who had looked on the tranfaftions of the...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...in medical reputation, but never attained any great extent of pra<5ticex or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great city feems to be the mere play-thing...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...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...never at-r tained any great extent of practice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great eity feems to be the mere play-thing of Fortune ; his degree...that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reje£t him, know not his deficience. By an acute obferver, who had looked on tlje tranfaclions of...
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Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...attained any great extent of practice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great eity fecms to be the mere play-thing of Fortune ; his degree...that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that rejeft him, know not his deficience. By an acute cbfervcr, who had looked on the tranfaftions of the...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 294 pages
...in medical reputation, but never attained any great extent of practice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great city feems to be the mere plaything thing of Fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual: they that employ...
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prefaces biographical and critical to the works of the english poets

SAMUEL johnson - 1781 - 292 pages
...in medical reputation, but never attained any great extent of practice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great city feems to be the mere plaything AKENSIDE. 9 thing of Fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual : they...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 pages
...in medical reputation, but never attained any great extent of practice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great city feems to be the mere play-thing...of Fortune ; his degree of reputation is, for the inoft part, totally cafual : they that employ him, know not his excellence; they that reject him, know...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...in medical reputation, but never attained any great extent of practice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great city feems to be the mere play-thing...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...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...attained any great extent of practice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great city ieetns to be the mere play-thing of Fortune; his degree of...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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...in medical reputation, but never attained any great extent of practice, or eminence of popularity. A phyfician in a great city feems to be the mere play-thing...; his degree of reputation is, for the moft part; tbtally cafual: they that employ hirri, know not his excellence; they that rejedt him, know riot his...
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