 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...  Essays on Professional Education - Page 224by Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1812 - 541 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 412 pages
...or eminence of popularity. A physician in a great city seems to be the mere play-thing of fortune ; his degree of reputation is for the most part, totally...: they that reject him know not his deficience. By an acute observer, who had looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century, a very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...a great city seems to be the mere play-thing of fortune: his degree of reputation is for the roost part, totally casual : they that employ him know not...excellence: they that reject him know not his deficience. By an acute observer, who had looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century, a very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 384 pages
...or eminence of popularity. A physician in a great city seems to be the mere play-tb*ng of fortune ; his degree of reputation is, for' the most part, totally...looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century, a very curious book might be written on the " Fortune of Physicians." Akenside appears... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...or eminence of popularity. A physician to a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune ; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally...his excellence; they that reject him know not his déficience. By any acute observer, who had looked on the transactions of the medical world for half... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1824 - 574 pages
...physician in a great city is the mere play-thing of fortune ; his degree of reputation is for the most part casual : they that employ him know not his excellence ; they that reject him know not his deficiency." But the Nugce Ckirurgicai is not such a narrative ; it was neither undertaken with such... | |
 | William Wadd - Directories - 1824 - 288 pages
...Physician in a great city is the mere plaything of fortune ; his degree of reputation is for the most part casual ; they that employ him know not his excellence, they that reject him know not his deficiency ;" but Baillie was the Physician of the profession, the elect of those who were able to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...or eminence of popularity. A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune ; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally...looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century, a very curious book might be written on the Fortune of Physicians m. Akenside appears... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...or eminence of popularity. A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune ; his degree of reputation is for the most part totally...: they that reject him know not his deficience. By an acute observer, who had looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century, a very... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1832 - 534 pages
...Illustrations by the Editor. 2 vole. Edinburgh. 1832. W. Blackwood. DR. JOHNSON was of opinion, that by " an acute observer, who had looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century, a very curious book might be written on the ' Fortune of Physicians ;' " one, however,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 446 pages
...practice, or eminence of popularity. A pbysician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally...looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century, a very curious book might be written on the ' Fortune of Physicians.' Akenside appears... | |
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