John Bull

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John Bull: see Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnot, John , 1667–1735, Scottish author and scientist, court physician (1705–14) to Queen Anne. He is best remembered for his five "John Bull" pamphlets (1712), political satires on the Whig war policy, which introduced the character John Bull, the
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John Bull

a personification of England or the English people

John Bull

any Englishman, or Englishmen collectively. [Br. Lit.: History of John Bull, Brewer Dictionary, 591]

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No references found			"You have only to try, son of John Bull," replied the colonel. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context You, who speak English like John Bull himself, are Master Tom Lowe, we, your three companions. Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context They made him out to be the Royal arms, the Union-Jack, Magna Charta, John Bull, Habeas Corpus, the Bill of Rights, An Englishman's house is his castle, Church and State, and God save the Queen, all put together. Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context			John Arbuthnot Fisher John Arthur Gielgud John Atanasoff John Atkinson Hobson John B. Yeon State Scenic Corridor John Bach McMaster John Ball John Baptist de la Salle, Saint John Bardeen John Barrymore John Barton John Bates Clark John Beaver Marks John Bell John Bellers John Birch Society John Biscoe John Bosco, Saint John Boyd Thacher State Park John Boynton Priestley John Broadus Watson John Brown John Brown Farm State Historic Site John Brown's Body John Bryan State Park John Bull John Bunyan John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burns John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site John Byron John Calvin John Carew Eccles John Carter Brown Library John Christian Watson John Chrysostom John Chrysostom, Saint John Clarke Slater John Clerk John Climacus John Climax, Saint John Colet John Constable John Cornford John Cowdery Kendrew John Crerar Library John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. MacArthur Beach State Park John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway John Dalton			John Bradford Sam Harding John Bradshaw Leyfield John Braithwaite Community Centre John Breckenridge John Bright John Broadus Watson John Broadus Watson John Brown John Brown John Brown John Brown (disambiguation) John Brown (disambiguation) John Brown Anti-Klan Committee John Brown Citrus Publishing John Brown Farm State Historic Site John Brown Hydrocarbons John Brown South Africa John Brown University John Brown's Army John Brown's Baby John Brown's Body John Brown's Tractor John Browning John Bruton John Bryan State Park John Bryan State Park John Bryan State Park Observatory John Buchan John Bull John Bullism John Bunyan John Bunyan John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burgoyne John Burgoyne John Burgoyne's Surrender Day John Buridan John Burke John burke krasinski John Burns John Burns Real Estate Consulting John Burridge Military Antiques John Burroughs John Burroughs High School John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site John Burroughs School John Butler John Butler Trio John Byrne Forum John Byron John C Campbell Folk School John C Hart Memorial Library John C. Calhoun John C. Coolidge John C. Coolidge

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