Arnold, Matthew

an eminent English poet, critic, and e ayist, son of Dr. A., of Rugby, B. 1822, educated at Winchester and Rugby. In 1844 he obtained the Newdegate prize-poem at Oxford, in which university he was elected Convocation Profe or of Poetry in 1866. Balder, his most considerable poem, is derived from the Norse mythology. As a poet, he has little in common with the prevailing tastes of the age. His verse is al ways calm, chaste, and noble; and there is throughout his style of thought a certain antique grandeur, strikingly in contrast with most modern poems. He is the author of E ays on Criticism, Culture, and Anarchy; Literature and Dogma, an e ay toward a better appreciation of the Bible; cod and the Bible; St. Paul and Protestant ism; Isaiah of Jerusalem, . In 1883 he visited the U. S. D. 1888. Arnold or WINKELRIED. a Swi hero, who, at the battle. of Sempach in 1386, sacrificed himself to insure victory to his countrymen. The Austrian knights, dismounted, had formed themselves into a phalanx which the Swi vainly strove to pierce; when A. , rushing on the spear points of the enemy, and burying several in his breast, thus opened a gap in the fence of steel. The Swi rushed in through the opening, and routed the Austrians with great slaughter. Arnold, in Ind ., a v. of Rush co. Arnoldists, n. pl . See ARNOLD OF BRESCIA. like, and sought every po ible means to humble and Arnold's, in Md . , a p.-o., of Anne Arundel co. annoy him. After many disputes about the honor that Arnoldsburgh, in W. Va . , a p.-o. of Calhoun co. was due to him for his services, he was invested with the Arnold's Creek, in Indiana , flowing into the Ohio government of Philadelphia. There his imprudence was river 2 m. from Rising Sun. most marked; indeed, it would be difficult to clear him Arnold's Mills, in S. C., a village of Pickens co. from the charge of actual dishonesty. He was brought Arnoldsville, in Mo. , a village of Buchanan co. before a court-martial: four charges were urged against Arnold'ton, in Virginia , a village of Campbell co., him; two of these were found proven, and he was sentenced to be reprimanded by the commander-in-chief. A. could not bear the affront, nor longer endure the difficulties into which he had brought himself. He, accordingly, formed the disgraceful design of deserting to the ranks of the enemy, and put himself in communication with Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander. Major André was sent by Sir Henry to negotiate with A. , and they had an interview near West Point, which fortre A. had offered to surrender to the enemy. On his way to the British camp, however, the young officer fell into the hands of the Americans, and the whole plot was of course discovered. The news of André's capture reached A. just in time to enable him to make his escape, and reach the British camp in safety. There he retained his rank of brigadier-general, and fought with as much daring against the cause of American independence, as he had before fought against the royal forces. He took command in an expedition against Virginia, and again in an incursion into his native State. Afterward he served in Nova Scotia and the West Indies, and at last settled in England, where he D. in 1801.