 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...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 of reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual : they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reje£t him,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...tained any great extent of pra&ice, 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 moft part, totally cafual : they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that re'jeft him,... | |
 | 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 reputation is, for the moft part, totally cafual: they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reject him, know... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...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 moft part, totally cafual : they that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that reject him, know... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...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 moft part; tbtally cafual : they that employ hirri, know not his excellence ; they that rejedt him,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...extent of prafticc, or eminence of popularity. A H 3 phyfic'an phyfician in a great city fecms to 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 rejcct him, know... | |
 | 1798 - 554 pages
...to ftruggle with his Situation lingly. " A phyfician in a great city ((ays Dr. Johnfon) feems 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... | |
 | 1798 - 418 pages
...ftruggle with his fituation fingly. 444 *' A phyfician in a great city (fays Dr Johnfon) feems to be the mere plaything of fortune ; his degree of reputation is for the moft part totally cafual. They that employ him, know not his excellence ; they that rejeft him, know... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...had Bathurst in mind when, many years later, he wrote : — ' 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 ; Burlington - gardens, with whom he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...had Bathurst in mind when, many years later, he wrote : — ' 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 ; Burlington-gardens, Aetat. 48.] Johnson... | |
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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... 
