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  • As you have suggested, "Come, let us argue with dignity and composure," instead of emitting fanatical screeches like fresh converts at a Methodist campmeeting, let's see about this God of Justice business: About 200 years ago a party whom we will call Brann, as that happened to be his name "cleared" a farm in the wilds of Virginia, enduring all the hardships and dangers of the frontier.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 1905

  • The name of "Brann" has inspired this homily; Brann, of the ICONOCLAST, the man whose praises are being sung loved by half the world, by the other half condemned, whose whole life has been a battle and a march, who wars as did the Titans and if he gropes blindly at times ever struggles toward the light.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12 1919

  • Thought to be in good health, he died at his desk, working on a book - according to his agent of 37 years, Helen Brann, he wrote five pages a day, every day but Sunday.

    Robert Parker biography 2010

  • Huseklepp, who has been at Brann since 2005, was linked with a transfer to Blackburn Rovers last year.

    Celtic look at signing Norway striker Erik Huseklepp 2011

  • The author's works have sold between 30 million and 40 million copies globally in all formats, said Helen Brann, Mr. Parker's literary agent.

    'Spenser' and 'Jesse Stone' Survive Writer's Death Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011

  • The star of the show is drummer Brann Dailor, whose jazzy fills lend a fleet-flootedness to music that could easily get mired in sludge.

    Mastodon: The Hunter – review 2011

  • From as far away as Texas, journalists like William Cowper Brann, filled newspaper columns condemning the excesses of the Four Hundred and the multitude of cities who strove to emulate them.

    The Four Hundred | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • But Rosenborg, kicking-off later, buckled under the pressure as Brann ran riot – Rudolph Austin and Birkir Mar Saevarsson scoring twice to stun the home crowd in Trondheim.

    Manchester United old boy Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wins first title 2011

  • When Brann Bronzebeard congratulated his efforts with the Tabard of the Explorer, though, he remembered the village, and was determined to see it.

    Warforge the Explorer (Warcraft-related) archmage 2010

  • Solskjaer's team drew 2-2 with Stromsgodset while Rosenborg – the only side who could stop them – were thrashed 6-3 at home by Brann.

    Manchester United old boy Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wins first title 2011

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