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Bertha, blue-eyed like Mamma, was from the start her mother's daughter, destined for her mother's role in life.
A Comedy In Three Acts '', in which, under `` Personages '', Henrietta appeared as `` A Schoolmarm '', and Bertha, who was only a trifle less brilliant in high school than Henrietta had been, appeared as `` Dummkopf ''.
Bertha von Suttner was awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace prize, ' for her sincere peace activities '.
Angilbert's non-sacramental relationship with Bertha, daughter of Charlemagne, was evidently recognized by the court – if she had not been the daughter of the King, historians might refer to her as his concubine.
Born in Orbe, today in Switzerland, she was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia.
* Bertha Benz ( 1849 – 1944 ), German marketing entrepreneur who was the first to drive an automobile for a long distance
The General was supposed to bring his niece, Bertha Rheinfeldt, to visit the two, but the niece suddenly died under mysterious circumstances.
The first woman to have been appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, Bertha Wilson was also a graduate from Dalhousie Law School.
According to Gregory of Tours, Charibert was king when he married Ingoberg, Bertha ’ s mother, which places that marriage no earlier than 561.
It therefore is unlikely that Bertha was married much before about 580.
On the other hand, Gregory refers to Æthelberht at the time of his marriage to Bertha, simply as " a man of Kent ", and in the 589 passage concerning Ingoberg ’ s death, which was written in about 590 or 591, he refers to Æthelberht as " the son of the king of Kent ".
It also has been suggested that Liudhard, Bertha ’ s chaplain, was intended as a representative of the Frankish church in Kent, which also could be interpreted as evidence of overlordship.
Another perspective on the marriage may be gained by considering that it is likely that Æthelberht was not yet king at the time he and Bertha were wed: it may be that Frankish support for him, acquired via the marriage, was instrumental in gaining the throne for him.
Wallach was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn at 166 Union St., the son of Polish Jewish immigrants Bertha ( née Schorr ) and Abraham Wallach.
Although he lived with a mistress — Bertha of Burgundy — and was excommunicated because of this, he was regarded as a model of piety for monks ( hence his nickname, Robert the Pious ).
Joanna Russ was born in The Bronx, New York City to Evarett I. and Bertha ( née Zinner ) Russ, both teachers.
This last was written ( to a folk text ) to celebrate the birth of a son to Brahms's friend Bertha Faber and is universally known as Brahms's Lullaby.
( November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929 ) was a German engine designer and car engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile, and together with Bertha Benz pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz.
In the 20th century the company was headed by Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ( 1870 – 1950 ), who assumed the surname of Krupp when he married the Krupp heiress, Bertha Krupp.
His wife Bertha ( not to be confused with their granddaughter ), was unwilling to remain in polluted Essen in Villa Hügel, the ungainly but fireproof castle which Krupp designed.
Gustav and especially Bertha were initially skeptical of Hitler, who was not of their class.
As the eldest son of Bertha Krupp, Alfried was destined by family tradition to become the sole heir of the Krupp concern.

Bertha and more
McCoy's brother Kansas Joe McCoy was attached to the arguably more notable Memphis Minnie and the seminal Charlie Patton sometimes played and recorded with his wife Bertha Lee.
The man selected by Bertha in an almost Darwinian fashion to accomplish all this is described by the narrator as little more than a noble savage, " the unspoiled child of nature, his mind free from the million perversities of civilization " ( Ch. 7 ).
After their honeymoon, which they spend in London, Bertha soon realizes that her husband is a bore and, what is more, rather insensitive to her needs.
When, a bit more than a year into their marriage, Bertha is eight months pregnant and has a premonition that there might be complications during birth, he assures her that " it's nothing to make a fuss about ", his insight stemming from his own experience: " He had bred animals for years, and was quite used to the process that supplied him with veal, mutton and beef for the local butchers.
Charibert was scarcely more than king at Paris when he married his daughter Bertha to Ethelbert, the pagan King of Kent.
In 1915, Taylor paid seven thousand dollars to purchase more from Charles H. and Bertha Snyder.
With Herman's help, Henry tries to manipulate Bertha into treating him more fairly (" Hey!
As well as Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Clara Butt, other famous guests of the hotel have included: munitions heiress Bertha Krupp, who donated a Bechstein grand piano to the hotel ; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, for whom the Blue Mountains were the inspiration for The Lost World ; and more recently, Russell Crowe who was asked to remove his baseball cap while dining in the Great Dining Hall in 1994.
This hard-heartedness manifests itself in two significant antipathies towards women in Rowan's life: first towards his childhood friend Beatrice ( whom his mother calls " the black Protestant, the pervert's daughter "), and second towards Bertha herself, particularly for giving birth to their child out of wedlock: " There were tongues Dublin ready to tell her all, to embitter her withering mind still more against me and Bertha and our godless nameless child.
Hand supplies more detail in his account of the night to Rowan, although of his time with Bertha, he admits only that " she went away ".
Some of his co-stars were Marga López, Rosita Quintana, Silvia Pinal, Amalia Aguilar, Meche Barba, Ana Bertha Lepe, Maria Antonieta Pons, Tongolele and many more.

Bertha and like
Rag dolls have featured in a number of children's stories, like the 19th century character Golliwogg in The Adventures of two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by Bertha Upton and Florence K. Upton and Raggedy Ann in the books by Johnny Gruelle, first published in 1918.
Although Bertha and Prudence both share Lydia's interests in anything scary or gross Prudence doesn't like it if anything's too scary.
Done properly they are almost impossible to detect, though a trained analyst monitoring the communications of someone who has already aroused suspicion might be able to recognize a comment like " Aunt Bertha has gone into labor " as having an ominous meaning.
Featured recurring characters like " Bertha, the oldest Freeloader ", " Gay Bob ", " the Stryper Rules guy ", and " Forrest, the listener who couldn't win contests ".
Bertha Bunny, apart from blonde hair and dressing, looked much like Bugs in drag.
Though she would go on to work with heavy-hitters like producers, Lee Shubert and Arthur Hopkins, her Broadway career had already begun to fade. Bertha Kalich, circa 1900.
The act ends inconclusively, with Hand asking if Bertha loves him, and Bertha explaining: " I like you, Robert.
The last lines of this story are also important ; Pearl's line “ your lovely Pear tree ” echoes in the reader's mind: to whom is she referring-Harry and the affair she had with him, or Bertha and flirtation between them, or perhaps Pearl ( like Mansfield herself ) is bisexual and referring to them both?

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