Arne
a peasant story by Bjornsterne Bjornson. See Bjornson
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These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Arne, Arnee, Arnhem.
Arnee
one of the numerous Indian varieties of the buffalo (bubalis arni) remarkable as being the largest animal of the ox kind known. It measured about 7 feet high at the shoulders, and from 9 to 10½ feet long from the muzzle to the root of the tail. It is found chiefly in the forests at the base of the Himalayas.
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Arnhem
or ARNHEIM, a town in Holland, capital of province of Gelderland, 18 miles S. W. of Zutphen, on the right bank of the Rhine. It contains many interesting public buildings; manufactures cabinet wares, mirrors, carriages, mathematical instruments, etc.; has paper-mills, and its trade is important. In 1795 it was stormed by the French, who were driven from it by the Prussians in 1813. Pop. (1917) 70,664.
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Arnold (MATTHEW an English poet critic)
MATTHEW, an English poet, critic, and essayist, born at Laleham, Dec. 24, 1822; graduated at Oxford in 1844, and was Professor of Poetry there from 1857 to 1867. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred by the University of Edinburgh in 1869, and by Oxford in 1870. He was government inspector of schools from 1851, and repeatedly visited the Continent to inquire into and report upon systems of education. In 1883-1884 he made a lecturing tour through the United States. His works include "The Strayed Reveler and Other Poems" (1848); "Empedocles on Etna" (1853); "Merope," a tragedy (1857), and "New Poems ems" (1868). His " prose writings comprise "Essays in sm" (1865, 2d series, 1888); "Lec- " Criticism tures on the S Study of Celtic Literature" (1867); "Culture and Anarchy" (1869); "Friendship's Garland" (1871), a humorous work; "Literature and Dogma" (1873); "Last Essays on Church and Religion" (1877); "Mixed Essays" (1879); "Irish Essays" (1882), and "Discourses on America" (1885). Arnold first became known as a poet of classical taste by the volume of poems and selections issued under his name in 1854. He died in Liverpool, April 15, 1888.
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Arnold (SIR EDWIN an English poet)
SIR EDWIN, an English poet and journalist, born at Gravesend, June 10, 1832. He was graduated at Oxford in 1853; taught for a while in Birmingham; and became principal of the Sanskrit rit College at Poona, in the Bombay Presidency. Returning to London in 1861, he joined the editorial staff of the "Daily Telegraph." He twice visited the United States on lecture tours. Of his original poetry, inspired by Oriental themes and legends, the most famous work is "The Light cht of Asia, a Poetic Presentation of the Life and Teaching of Gautama" (1876). "Indian Idylls" (1883); "Pearls of the Faith," "Sa'di in the Garden," "The Light of the World," "Potiphar's Wife and Other Poems," "India Revisited," "Japonica," and "The Tenth Muse and Other Poems," are among his many works. He died March 24, 1904.
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Arnold of Brescia
one of the reformers prior to the Reformation, a disciple of Abelard of Paris, and of Berengarius. As early as the middle of the 12th century, his bold spirit, his scriptural knowledge, and his eloquence, had succeeded in arousing France and Italy against the abuses of the Roman Church. Driven by the clergy from Italy, he sought refuge in Zurich, where At length, he made many converts. through the instigation of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, he was charged with heresy, and excommunicated by Pope Innocent II. At this juncture, serious popular tumults occurred at Rome, and Arnold, hastening thither, was received with great cordiality, and soon vested with supreme power. In 1155, however, Adrian IV. interdicted and expelled him from the city. For a time he lived in Campagna, but was seized, and taken back to Rome, where he was executed, and his ashes were thrown into the Tiber. His followers were called Arnoldists, and held the same opinions as the Waldenses.
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Arnold, Thomas
Thomas (1795-1842), an English scholar and educator. He was educated chiefly in the public school of Winchester and at Oxford University. He prepared himself for the ministry of the Church of England, but received an appointment as a fellow of Oriel College and made a reputation by preparing young men to enter the university. In 1828 he was made head-master of Rugby School. He is known chiefly by his remarkable work in that institution. He was considered liberal in his views. He favored the introduction of scientific and historical subjects, without, however, displacing the classics, for the teaching of which Rugby was noted. The graduates of the school carried off prizes in the universities and Arnold's reputation became very great. Dean Stanley, one of his old students, edited The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold. Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown at Rugby gives an excellent view of Rugby and Dr. Arnold at their best. 2026 Editor's Note: Thomas Arnold's reforms at Rugby became the model for the English public school and the Victorian ideal of the Christian gentleman — immortalized in the novel Tom Brown's School Days . The school lent its name to somet hing he might not have chosen: rugby football, said to have begun there when a boy picked up the ball and ran. (Ed: BR 2026-06-01)
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Arnolfo Di Cambio
or DI LAPO, an Italian architect and sculptor, born in Florence, in 1232. The most celebrated of his architectural works are the churches of Santa Croce, the Cathedral, and Or San Michele, at Florence, in which the gradual transition from the Gothic severity to the Italian elegance is markedly represented. This structure was completed, after the death of Arnolfo, by Brunelleschi, between 1420 and 1444. He died in 1300.
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Arnon
a river in Palestine, the boundary between the country of the Moabites and that of the Amorites, latterly of the Israelites, a tributary of the Dead Sea. ARNOTTO. (1) The waxy-looking pulp which envelops the seeds in the arnotto tree. This is detached by throwing the seed into water, after which it is dried partially, and made up first into soft pellets, rolled in leaves, in which state it is called flag, or roll arnotto. Afterward, becoming quite dry, it is formed into cakes, and becomes cake arnotto. The South American Indians color their bodies red with it; farmers here and elsewhere use it to stain cheese; in Holland, the Dutch employ it to color butter; the Spaniards put it in their chocolot late and soups; dyers use it to produce a reddish color, and varnish makers, to impart an orange tint to some varnishes. As a medicine, it is slightly purgative and stomachic. This substance is very frequently adulterated. (2) In botany, the arnotto tree, the bixa orellana of Linnæus, has a fivedentate calyx, 10 petals, many hypogynous stamina, and a two-valved hispid capsule. It is from 20 to 30 feet in height, and grows in tropical America. It is the type of the old order bixaceæ, now more generally called flacourtiaceӕ.
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