 | 1762 - 560 síður
...writings Jh phyfic, " when one day I afked him what books I fhould rtad to " qualify me for practice, he replied, Read don Quixote, " it is a very good book, I read it ftill : fo low an opinion " had this celebrated man of the learning collected out of ** the authors, his... | |
 | 1784 - 778 síður
...writings in phyfic, when one day I aiked him • ' what books 1 mould read to qualify me for praftice, he ' replied, Read ' Don Quixote,' it is a very good book, ' I read it Hill : fo low an opinion had this celebrated man 1 of the learning collected out of the authors, his... | |
 | William Seward - 1795 - 684 síður
...very complicated art. When Sir Richard Blackmore afked what books he Ihould read on his profcffionf he he replied, " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very '* good...prefent. He, perhaps, difcovered that Sir Richard had as fmall a genius for medicine as he had for poetry ; and he very well knew, that in a profeffion which... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 430 síður
...afked what books he fhould read on his profeffion, he _ i he replied, "Read Don Quixote ; it 'is z Very " good book— I read it ftill." There might...prefent. He, perhaps, difcovered that Sir Richard had as fmall a genius for medicine as he had for poetry ; and he Very well knew, that in a profeffion which... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 418 síður
...books he fhould read on his profeffion, §ie replied, ** Read Don Quixote ; it is it " good book— 1 read it ftill." There might be many reafons given...prefent. He, perhaps, difcovered that Sir Richard had as fmall a genius for medicine as he had for poetry ; and he very well knew, that in a profeffion which... | |
 | William Seward - 1798 - 536 síður
...books he fhould read on his profeffion, he replied, " Read Don Quixote; " it is a very good book — 1 read it ftill." There might be many reafons given...perhaps, difcovered that Sir Richard had as little genius for medicine as he . . M 2 had had for poetry ; and he very well knew, that in a profeffion... | |
 | William Seward - 1804 - 492 síður
...medicine from reading on their very complicated art. When Sir Richard Blackmore afked what books he fhould read on his profeflion, he replied, " Read Don Quixote;...time, perhaps, the art of medicine was not approaching fb nearly to a fcience as it is at prefent. He, perhaps, difcovered that Sir Richard had as little... | |
 | 1815 - 654 síður
...requested Sydenham to point out to him what books he should read to qualify him for practice. Sydenham replied, " read Don " Quixote, it is a very good book, I read it " still." This, perhaps, marked his contempt for those medical writings which were merely speculative... | |
 | 1831 - 702 síður
...book) was asked by Sir Richard Blackmore, what works he should read to qualify him for a physician, he replied, " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very good book, I read it still." And another medical, " Star" of the day, we believe, Dr. Radcliffe, being consulted by a friend... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1860 - 352 síður
...Sir Richard Blackmore's enquiry after the best course of study for a medical student to pursue — " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very good book — I read it still." Medical critics have felt it incumbent on themselves to explain away this memorable answer... | |
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Read Don Quixote ; it is a very '* good book — I read it ftill. 
