Show john bull englishman depicted by scotsman it was not the english but a scot who first fastened on the people the name of john bull the man who achieved this feat was a favored physician in ordinary to good queen anne a personal friend of the queen s minister the familiar associate of swift and pope ills name wis john arbuthnot and he wrote in 1710 with exquisite humor and tha history of john null A mere political tract whatever its value at the moment docs not usually outlast its little day arbuthnot was writing chiefly in birnest support of the tory policy of peace with france and an end to the long and costly war of spanish succession the more playful portions of his book had to do with the negotiations lead ing to the parliamentary union 0 angland and scotland in the former lie brings out the character of john bull in the latter with equal good 1 amor and perhaps a touch of gentle malice he delineated the scottish an couver province |