Arne
[ahrn]
- Thomas Augustine,1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
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Contemporary Examples
Friday afternoon, I received an email from Marriott International CEO Arne Sorensen.
And what a coincidence: Education Secretary Arne Duncan endorsed gay marriage on Morning Joe, one day after Biden's appearance.
Secretary Arne Duncan is right about the No Child Left Behind law: It is an unmitigated disaster.
Among the excommunicated is the former two-term Republican Governor Arne Carlson.
“I wanted him to represent Wall Street, but Arne got me Rothschild,” Samaras says, referring to Evelyn de Rothschild.
Historical Examples
Arne asked me whether I would have his son Halfdan for a son-in-law.
Modern Icelandic PlaysJhann Sigurjnsson
Arne and I are friends from old times, and I have as good as given him my word.
Modern Icelandic PlaysJhann Sigurjnsson
Gerda, looking at him, thought immediately of Bjrnson's Arne.
Katharine FrenshamBeatrice Harraden
In the autumn of 1755, Arne and his wife again visited Dublin.
Dr. Arne and Rule, BritanniaWilliam Hayman Cummings
Arne was probably correct in ascribing the words to Purcell.
Dr. Arne and Rule, BritanniaWilliam Hayman Cummings
Arne
- Thomas (Augustine). 1710–78, English composer, noted for his setting of Shakespearean songs and for his song Rule Britannia
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