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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... "
The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 441
1831
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

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...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

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...
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prefaces biographical and critical to the works of the english poets

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...
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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 qf 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,...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...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 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,...
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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
...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,...
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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 reputation is, for the moft 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
...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...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 6

English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...great 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...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen ..., Volume 8, Part 2

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...
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