John Ferriar
John Ferriar (1761 – February 4, 1815) was a Scottish physician and a poet, most noted for his leadership of the Manchester Infirmary, and his studies of the causes of diseases such as typhoid.
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Quotes
[edit]- The princeps copy, clad in blue and gold.
- Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 6, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Now cheaply bought for thrice their weight in gold.
- Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 65, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed
Of knightly counsel and heroic deed).- Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 121, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- How pure the joy, when first my hands unfold
The small, rare volume, black with tarnished gold!- Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 137, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
