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  HOASM: John Bull
John Bull, the possessor of the most British-sounding name of all our composers (though he was not the prototype of the legendary figure), was born about 1562.
Bull died in Antwerp in March, 1628 and on the 15th of the month was buried in the cemetary south of the Cathedral.
Bull was the supreme virtuoso among the English virginalists and he had a profound effect not only on the composers of this country but on the development of music on the continent of Europe.
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 John Bull
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  HOASM: John Bull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
John Bull, the possessor of the most British-sounding name of all our composers (though he was not the prototype of the legendary figure), was born about 1562.
Bull died in Antwerp in March, 1628 and on the 15th of the month was buried in the cemetary south of the Cathedral.
Bull was the supreme virtuoso among the English virginalists and he had a profound effect not only on the com posers of this country but on the development of music on the continent of Europe.
home.sprintmail.com /~cwhent/Bull.html   (961 words)

  
 RR Museum of PA - John Bull Replica
The John Bull's boiler, however, is not as high as a Bury boiler, and therefore lacks the extra steam capacity.
The John Bull was again removed from the Smithsonian Institution in 1927 for use under steam in the Baltimore and Ohio's Fair of the Iron Horse.
Meanwhile, the 150th anniversary of the original John Bull was approaching, and the Smithsonian Institution began to consider activities to commemorate the event.
www.rrmuseumpa.org /about/roster/johnbull.htm   (2826 words)

  
 John Bull
Reverend Bull was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, July 15, 1847, and has now attained the dignity of three score and ten years, His ancestors were of Welsh stock, were identified with the Society of Friends, and came to America before the Revolution, first locating in Now England.
Bull was the leading factor in the organization of that county and in the location of its county seat.
Bull that the region was better adapted to cattle than to grain raising, and in order to build up that industry he conceived the idea of establishing a cheese factory.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/archives/1919ks/b/bullj.html   (1502 words)

  
 John Bull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Furthermore, since the John Bull was steam-powered, it was part of the steam revolution that thrust humankind into the industrial age.
In the spring of 1833, the John Bull, named some time later for England's counterpart to Uncle Sam, along with several other engines that Stevens had built, helped finish construction of the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
John Bull left its home at the Smithsonian a couple of times to run before an admiring public-in 1893, at Chicago, and in 1927, at Baltimore.
www.150.si.edu /chap4/bull.htm   (844 words)

  
 John Bull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Bull is a national personification of the Kingdom of Great Britain created by Dr. John Arbuthnot in 1712, and popularized first by British print makers and then overseas by illustrators and writers such as American cartoonist Thomas Nast and Irish writer George Bernard Shaw, author of John Bull's Other Island.
Bull is usually portrayed as a stout man in a tailcoat with breeches and a Union Jack waistcoat (echoing the fashions of the Regency period).
John Bull has been used in a variety of different ad campaigns over the years, and is a common sight in British editorial cartoons of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Bull   (422 words)

  
 History of John Bull
John Bull was flattered by the lawyers that his suit would not last above a year or two at most; that before that time he would be in quiet possession of his business; yet ten long years did Hocus steer his cause through all the meanders of the law and all the courts.
Bull aimed a knife at John, though John threw a bottle at her head very brutally indeed: and after this there was nothing but confusion; bottles, glasses, spoons, plates, knives, forks, and dishes, flew about like dust; the result of which was, that Mrs.
John quickly got the better of his grief, and, seeing that neither his constitution nor the affairs of his family, could permit him to live in an unmarried state, he resolved to get him another wife; a cousin of his last wife's was proposed, but John would have no more of the breed.
www.fortunecity.com /millenium/okehampton/377/history_of_john_bull.html   (18163 words)

  
 Anthony Trollope's Short Stories: Commentaries, Literary Analysis, Reader Response Criticism
I hope John Arbuthnot is the source for the name John Bull (as the other correspondents have told you) because I have written the entry for "John Bull" in the forthcoming (always forthcoming and not yet arriving) Hanoverian Encyclopedia.
Bull was a familiar figure in political cartoons especially in the second half of the century.
John Bull, to all appearance, is a plain matter-of-fact fellow, with much less poetry about him than rich prose.
www.jimandellen.org /trollope/johnbull.html   (1226 words)

  
 John Bull (locomotive) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Static display in Washington, D.C. The John Bull is an English-built railroad steam locomotive, operated for the first time on September 15, 1831; it became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world (150 years) when the Smithsonian Institution operated it in 1981.
Today, the original John Bull is on static display in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, and the replica John Bull operates regularly at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
The John Bull had remained on static display for another 15 years, but the locomotive's significance as one of the oldest locomotives in existence, or its use on the first railroad in New Jersey was not very plainly noted in the display's literature.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Bull_(locomotive)   (2828 words)

  
 John Bull - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Contemporary writers speak in the highest terms of Bull's skill as a performer on the organ and the virginals, and there is no doubt that he contributed much to the development of harpsichord music.
Jan Swielinck (1562-1621), the great organist of Amsterdam, did not regard his work on composition as complete without placing in it a canon by John Bull, and the latter wrote a fantasia upon a fugue of Swielinck.
For the ascription to Bull of the composition of the British national anthem, see National Anthems.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /John_Bull   (496 words)

  
 Bull, John (?1562-3 - 1628)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
John Bull was among the most distinguished English keyboard-players of his time, and his career forms a link with the developing keyboard tradition of the Netherlands.
Bull was in the service of Queen Elizabeth and her successor, before taking refuge in the Netherlands to avoid various charges levelled at him in England.
He was known as an organist and a virginalist and as a maker of both instruments, the second a form of keyboard instrument with a mechanism for plucking rather than hammering the strings.
www.naxos.com /composer/bull.htm   (125 words)

  
 Classical Net - Composers - Bull
Bull was an English organist and composer, renowned for his knowledge of strict counterpoint.
Bull was one of the most knowledgeable theoreticians of his day, but his influence on the continent is hard to gauge.
Bull also left a substantial number of complex canons, notated in open score; these are among the most complicated examples in the genre, including those of Johann Sebastian Bach.
www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/acc/bullj.html   (523 words)

  
 It's No Bull... The Story of John Bull, Typical Englishman
His series of John Bull pamphlets, The History of John Bull, satired Whig policy (1712) and introduced "John Bull" as the typical Englishman -- "an honest plain-dealing fellow, choleric, bold, and of a very inconstant temper" (Law is a Bottomless Pit).
"John Bull" is represented as a bluff, kindhearted, bull-headed farmer.
Far from being the model for Arbuthnot, however, the real John Bull was noted as one of the most accomplished keyboard player of his time.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/5676/34922   (447 words)

  
 HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
John Bull left its home at the Smithsonian a couple of times to run before an admiring public--in 1893, at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and in 1927, at Baltimore's Fair of the Iron Horse.
Belching fire and smoke under the care of White and colleagues John Stine and Bill Withuhn, the locomotive ran on the old Georgetown Branch rails beside the C&O Canal in Washington, DC.
Model of the John Bull locomotive as built in 1831, before addition of the "pilot" axle and cowcatcher.
historywired.si.edu /detail.cfm?ID=225   (1243 words)

  
 NMAH | John Bull under Wraps for Renovation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
To protect the John Bull, staff first removed and stored more than six pieces from the locomotive, including the smokestack and safety valves.
The John Bull was then covered with a series of 10-foot-wide Tyvek sheets, sealed together with tape.
The entire cover was then fully taped to the floor to eliminate any pockets where dust could enter and damage the engine.
www.americanhistory.si.edu /news/factsheet.cfm?key=30&newskey=412   (267 words)

  
 John Bull, Ltd. - Nassau
John Bull Tobacconist prospered, catering to local residents and tourists until World War II when the Tourism Industry diminished and the armed forces became Nassau’s guests.
John Bull Ltd. remained a family business with Sir Asa Pritchard at its realm until the early 90’s.
And of course John Bull is the Official Rolex Retailer in the Bahamas.
www.johnbull.com.bs /about.lasso   (596 words)

  
 John Bull by Washington Irving   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The common orders of English seem wonderfully captivated with the beau ideal which they have formed of John Bull, and endeavor to act up to the broad caricature that is perpetually before their eyes.
If he now and then flies into an unreasonable burst of passion about trifles, he observes that John Bull is a choleric old blade, but then his passion is over in a moment, and he bears no malice.
John Bull, to all appearance, is a plain downright matter-of-fact fellow, with much less of poetry about him than rich prose.
www.4literature.net /Washington_Irving/John_Bull   (913 words)

  
 John Bull - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
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 John Bull Motors - Your Local Garage for Servicing and more   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Continually expanding over the years, John Bull Motors has grown in size from it's original operation in 1987 consisting of 2 ramps, to the current facilities which include 7 ramps, MOT testing facilities, and all the latest in electronic engine management diagnostic tools.
With the increasing demand for vehicle services, and the ever increasing complexity of today's vehicles, John Bull Motors has improved and invested in its facilities and equipment, to be able
John Bull Motors, Unit 7, Charles Industrial Estate, Stowmarket, Suffolk.
www.johnbullmotors.co.uk /index.htm   (278 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Jack Bull: DVD: John Cusack,John Goodman,L.Q. Jones,Miranda Otto,John C. McGinley,John Savage,Rodney A. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
JACK BULL is a smart and slick tale of frontier justice taken to extremes.
John Cusack nails the role of the horse trader done wrong and the acts he takes in retribution.
John Goodman as Judge Tolliver, L.Q. Jones as Henry Ballard, Miranda Otto as Cora Redding, John Savage as Slater, Rodney A. Grant as Billy, Kurt Fuller as Conrad, Rex Linn as Shelby Dykes, Jay O. Sanders as Atty.
www.amazon.com /Jack-Bull-John-Cusack/dp/6305504024   (1554 words)

  
 John Bull - Search Results - MSN Encarta
John Bull - Search Results - MSN Encarta
John Bull, a stereotype personifying the typical Englishman, the English people, or their government.
Clothes: If John Bull turns around to look at you,…, England: The world is a bundle…, Politics: Did Marianne take John Bull to a secret…
encarta.msn.com /John+Bull.html   (165 words)

  
 America on the Move | "John Bull" locomotive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Isaac Dripps, the mechanic who assembled the John Bull in 1831, drew this picture of how it looked at that date from memory in 1887.
Plan of the boiler of the John Bull, drawn by Stephenson and Company.
The “John Bull” was one of the first successful locomotives in the United States.
americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/collection/object_1153.html   (95 words)

  
 Washington Irving's short story: John Bull
John Bull is a choleric old blade, but then his passion is over
John Bull, to all appearance, is a plain, downright,
John is fain to call in the aid of his son Tom, an officer who
www.readbookonline.net /read/452/9987   (3629 words)

  
 John Bull, Ltd. - Nassau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Established in 1929, John Bull has become a tradition of shopping excellence in The Bahamas.
Starting out as an old English tobacco house in Nassau, John Bull now represents many of the world's most sought after brand name luxury goods.
John Bull boasts stores and boutiques throughout The Bahamas and has truly evolved to what most deem "the shopping mecca" of the Caribbean.
www.johnbull.com /index.lasso   (79 words)

  
 Downtown Bordentown Association
The locomotive became known as the 'John Bull'.
For the first ride on the rails laid between White Hill and Bordentown, Isaac Dripps was the engineer, Benjamin Wiggins was the fireman and Col. Stevens was the conductor.
Ed's father was an engineer and his grandfather a fireman on the 'John Bull'.
www.downtownbordentown.com /history-john-bull.htm   (246 words)

  
 John Bull
Three of his current PhD students have either recently submitted or are just about to submit, and he is actively interested in hearing from potential research students, particularly ones who wish to work in the area of modern and contemporary theatre.
John currently teaches on the first year module, ‘Critical and Historical Approaches to Film and Theatre’, on the second year module ‘Studies in British Theatre’, and teaches options on ‘Modern European Theatre’, ‘Musical Theatre’ and ‘North American Theatre’.
John contributes to the MA module ‘Critical Debates in Film, Theatre and Television’.
www.rdg.ac.uk /FD/Staff/bull.htm   (705 words)

  
 Antique Model Train / 150th Anniversary John Bull Train Model -- Orvis
Entirely handmade, this exceptional 1:32 scale engine is an authentic model of the "John Bull" and tender, America's oldest surviving locomotive.
The John Bull was removed from active service in 1866 and is now on display in the Smithsonian Institution.
The museum fired the locomotive up in 1981 for its 150th anniversary, making the John Bull the oldest operable steam engine in the world.
orvis.com /store/product_choice.asp?pf_id=08RH&dir_id=885&...   (186 words)

  
 RR Museum of PA - The John Bull's Exploits
In preparation, "The Bull" received repairs to its boiler and body, with part of the work conducted in the nearby shops of the Strasburg Rail Road, and the remainder in the Museum's new Restoration Shop.
The John Bull has once again been certified for operation under steam, and following its return to the Museum, will periodically be placed in operation for special events.
As recounted elsewhere, while the original John Bull resides at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, our replica is actually closer to the original's appearance in its early years.
www.rrmuseumpa.org /about/welcome/bullinfo.htm   (336 words)

  
 John's Bull Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
I was a student of yours in Rota Spain, You bought me flavored licorice when you visited your sister I think, anyway that was way b...
i am planning on running with the bulls this year and i was wondering if anyone in the group had any advice for me. any info would be greatly appreciated.
This is a beautiful shot, because it shows the courage of the matador.
communities.msn.com /JohnsBullPictures   (343 words)

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