Arbuthnot — or Arbuthnott may refer to:*Arbuthnot (surname), Scottish surname (and people with that name) * Arbuthnot (schooner), British ship during the American Revolutionary War *Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan, Canada *Arbuthnott, Scotland *Arbuthnot Road, Hong… … Wikipedia
epistle — /i pis euhl/, n. 1. a letter, esp. a formal or didactic one; written communication. 2. (usually cap.) one of the apostolic letters in the New Testament. 3. (often cap.) an extract, usually from one of the Epistles of the New Testament, forming… … Universalium
John Arbuthnot — For other people named John Arbuthnot, see John Arbuthnot (disambiguation). John Arbuthnot Portrait of John Arbuthnot by Godfrey Kneller Born 1667 (baptised on 29, April) Kincardineshire … Wikipedia
Pope, Alexander — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London English poet and satirist. A precocious boy precluded from formal education by his Roman Catholicism, Pope was mainly self educated. A deformity of the spine and other… … Universalium
Damn with faint praise — is an English idiom for words that effectively condemn by seeming to offer praise which is too moderate or marginal to be considered praise at all.[1] In other words, this phrase identifies the act of expressing a compliment so feeble that it… … Wikipedia
Alexander Pope — Alexander Pope † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alexander Pope Poet, son of Alexander Pope and his second wife, Edith Turner, b. in London, England, 22 May, 1688; d. at Twickenham, England, 30 May, 1744. His parents were both Catholics, and… … Catholic encyclopedia
Alexander Pope — Infobox Writer name = Alexander Pope caption = Alexander Pope ( c. 1727), an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism , Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad birthdate = birth date|df=yes|1688|5|21 birthplace = London deathdate = death date… … Wikipedia
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? — is a quotation – sometimes misquoted with on in place of upon – from Alexander Pope s Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot of January 1735. The line has entered common use and has become associated with more recent figures. It can be taken as referring to… … Wikipedia
letter — letter, epistle, missive, note, message, dispatch, report, memorandum are comparable when they mean a communication sent or transmitted as distinct from one conveyed directly from source to recipient (as by oral utterance). Letter is the ordinary … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ПОП Александр — (Pope, Alexander) АЛЕКСАНДР ПОП (1688 1744), английский поэт, прославленный мастер героического дистиха. Родился 21 мая 1688 в Лондоне. Его родители были католиками, и поскольку вслед за восшествием на престол Уильяма и Марии парламент принял… … Энциклопедия Кольера
