Arnim

/ (German ˈarnɪm) /

noun

Achim von (ˈaxɪm fɔn). 1781–1831, German romantic poet. He published, with Clemens Brentano, the collection of folk songs, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Besides which Arnim hinted at a readiness to take office at home if Bismarck came to grief.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2|Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton
Madame von Arnim greeted each one of her guests with the same stereotyped smile—the same polite phrases.
Goethe and Schiller|L. Mhlbach
Arnim died suddenly at Dresden in 1641, whilst engaged in raising an army to free German soil from foreign armies of all kinds.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various
Arnim, Von Schlichter and all the rest of them dine at the British embassy to-night.
The Maker of Opportunities|George Gibbs

It was, however, undoubtedly less Baggesen's verses than his extraordinary instability of character which provoked Arnim's satire.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany|Georg Brandes

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