See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• ARBUTHNOT, ALEXANDER (1538-1583)
• JOHN ARBUTHNOT (1667-1735)

ARBUTHNOT (1667-1735)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British physician and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Arbuthnott, See also:

• KINCARDINESHIRE, or THE MEARNS

Kincardineshire, and baptized on the 29th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1667 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• ARBUTHNOT, ALEXANDER (1538-1583)
• ARBUTHNOT, JOHN (1667-1735)

Arbuthnot, was an episcopalian See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister who was deprived of his living in 1689 by his See also:

• PATRON

patron, See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Arbuthnott, for refusing to See also:

• CON

con-See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form to the Presbyterian See also:

• SYSTEM

system . After his See also:

• DEATH

death, in 1691, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John went to See also:

• LONDON

London, where he lived in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of a learned See also:

• LINEN

linen-See also:

• DRAPER
• DRAPER, JOHN WILLIAM (1811-1882)

draper, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Pate, and supported himself by teaching See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics . In 1692 he published Of the See also:

• LAWS

Laws of See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

Chance . . , based on the Latin version, De Ratociniis in ludo aleae, of a Dutch See also:

• TREATISE

treatise by Christiaan See also:

• HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN (1629-1695)
• HUYGENS, SIR CONSTANTIJN (1596-1687)

Huygens . In 1692 he entered University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, as a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-commoner, acting as private See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Jefferys; and in 1696 he graduated M.D. at St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews university . In An Examination of Dr See also:

• WOODWARD, JOHN
• WOODWARD, SAMUEL (179o-1838)

Woodward's See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the See also:

• DELUGE, THE (through the Fr. from Lat. diluvium, flood, diluere, to wash away)

Deluge (1697) he confuted an extraordinary theory advanced by Dr William Woodward . An See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on the Usefulness of Mathematical Learning followed in 1701, and in 1704 See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie became a fellow of the Royal Society . He had the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune to be called in at See also:

• EPSOM

Epsom to prescribe for See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, and in 1705 he was made physician extraordinary to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne . Four years later he became royal physician in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary, and in 1710 he was elected fellow of the Royal College of Physicians . Arbuthnot's ready wit and varied learning made him very valuable to the Tory party . He was a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close friend of See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift and of Alexander See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope, and See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CHESTERFIELD
• CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, 4TH EARL, OF (1694–1773)

Chesterfield says that even the generous See also:

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (from the old acknow, a compound of on- and know, to know by the senses, which passed through the forms oknow, aknow and acknow; acknowledge is formed on analogy of " knowledge ")

acknowledgment they made of his assistance See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short of their real indebtedness .

He had no See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of his fame as an author, and his abundant See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination was always at the service of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . In 1712 appeared " See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law is a Bottomless See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

Pit, Exemplify'd in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the Lord See also:

• STRUTT, JEDEDIAH (1726-1797)

Strutt, John See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull, See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• FROG

Frog and See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis See also:

• BABOON (from the Fr. babuin, which is itself derived from Babon, the Egyptian deity to whom it was sacred)

Baboon, who spent all they had in a law-suit . Printed from a See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

Manuscript found in the See also:

• CABINET

Cabinet of the famous See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)

Humphrey Polesworth." This was the first of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of five See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets advocating the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . Arbuthnot describes the confusion after the death of the Lord Strutt (See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain), and the quarrels between the greedy tradespeople (the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies) . These put their cause into the hands of the See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney, Humphrey See also:

• HOCUS

Hocus (the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MARL (from O. Fr. marle, Late Lat. margila, dim. of marga; cf. Du. and Ger. Mergel)

Marl-See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough), who does all he can to prolong the struggle . The five tracts are printed in two parts as the " See also:

• HISTORY

History of John Bull " in the Miscellanies in See also:

• PROSE

Prose and See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

Verse (1727, See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface signed by Pope and Swift) . Arbuthnot fixed the popular conception of John Bull, though it is not certain that he originated the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and the lively See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire is still amusing See also:

• READING

reading . It was often asserted at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time that Swift wrote these pamphlets, but both he and Pope refer to Arbuthnot as the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole author . In the autumn of the same See also:

• YEAR

year he published a second satire, " Proposals for See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing a very Curious Discourse in Two Volumes in See also:

• QUARTO

Quarto, entitled, NI/suboXcryla HoXwruo ; or, A Treatise of the See also:

• ART

Art of See also:

• POLITICAL

Political Lying," best known by its sub-See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title . This ironical piece of See also:

• WORK

work was not so popular as " John Bull." " 'Tis very See also:

• PRETTY

pretty," says Swift, " but not so obvious to be understood." Arbuthnot advises that a lie should not be contradicted by the truth, but by another judicious lie . " So there was not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long ago a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman, who affirmed that the treaty with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France for bringing popery and See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery into See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England was signed the 15th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, to which another answered very judiciously, not by opposing truth to his lie, that there was no such treaty; but that, to his certain knowledge, there were many things in that treaty not yet adjusted." Arbuthnot was one of the leading See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits in the Scriblerus See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, the members of which were to collaborate in a universal satire on the abuses of learning . The See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the extraordinary See also:

• LIFE

Life, See also:

• WORKS

Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus, ,of which only the first See also:

• BOOK

book was finished, first printed in Pope's Works (1741), was chiefly the work of Arbuthnot, who is at his best in the whimsical account of the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth and See also:

• EDUCATION

education of See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin .

Swift, See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing on the 3rd of See also:

• JULY

July 1714 to Arbuthnot, says:—" To talk of Martin in any hands but yours, is a folly . You every See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day give better hints than all of us together could do in a twelve-See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month: and to say the truth, Pope who first thought of the hint has no See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius at all to it, to my mind; See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

Gay is too See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young: See also:

• PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART (1846-1891)
• PARNELL, THOMAS (1679-1718)

Parnell has some ideas of it, but is idle; I could put together, and See also:

• LARD (Fr. lard, from Lat. laridum, bacon fat, related to Gr. Naptvos fat, Napos dainty or sweet)

lard, and strike out well enough, but all that relates to the sciences must be from you." The death of Queen Anne put an end to Arbuthnot's position at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, but he still had an extensive practice, and in 1727 he delivered the Harveian oration before the Royal College of Physicians . Lord Chesterfield and William Pulteney were his patients and friends; also Mrs See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard (See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk) and William See also:

• CONGREVE, RICHARD (1818-1899)
• CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM
• CONGREVE, WILLIAM (167o-1729)

Congreve . His friendship with Swift was See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant and intimate; he was friend and adviser to Gay; and Pope wrote (2nd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1734) that in a friendship of twenty years he had found no one See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of complaint from him . Arbuthnot's youngest son, who had just completed his education, died in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1931 . He never quite recovered his former spirits and See also:

• HEALTH

health after this See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock . On the 17th of July 1734 he wrote to Pope: " A recovery in my case, and at my See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, is impossible; the kindest wish of my friends is Euthanasia." In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1735 was published the " See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot," which forms the See also:

• PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

prologue to Pope's satires . He died on the 27th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1735 at his house in See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, London . Among Arbuthnot's other works are:—An See also:

• ARGUMENT

Argument for Divine See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence, taken from the constant regularity observed in the Births of both sexes (Phil . Trans. of the Royal See also:

• SOC

Soc., 1710); " Virgilius Restauratus," printed in the second edition of Pope's Dunciad (1729); An Essay concerning the Effects of See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

Air on Human Bodies (1733) ; An Essay concerning the Nature of Ailments . . . (1731); and a valuable Table of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Coins, Weights and See also:

• MEASURES

Measures (1727), which is an enlargement of an earlier treatise(1705) .

He had a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the unsuccessful See also:

• FARCE

farce of Three See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

Hours after See also:

• MARRIAGE

Marriage, printed with Gay's name on the title-See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page (1717) . Some pieces printed in A Supplement to Dr Swift's and Mr Pope's Works . . . ,1739) are there asserted to be Arbuthnot's . The See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Works of the See also:

• LATE

late Dr Arbuthnot were published at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow in an unauthorized edition in 1751 . This includes many See also:

• SPURIOUS

spurious pieces . See The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot (1892), by George A . Aitken .