Airless and dingy though it was, the attic represented luxury to a slave who had led a wretched life with six brothers and sisters and assorted relatives in a shanty at Bayou St. John.

Papa was disappointed that none of the brothers had heard the Call.

The Fisher Body division, long controlled by the Fisher brothers under a voting trust even though General Motors owned a majority of its stock, followed an independent course for many years, but by 1947 and 1948 `` resistance had collapsed '' and its purchases from Du Pont `` compared favorably '' with purchases by other General Motors divisions.

The Chenoweth brothers were experienced bridge builders, and against the competition of other, and better known, bridge designers and builders they had constructed nine of the covered, wooden bridges on the Parkersburg and Staunton Turnpike a dozen years before, as well as many other bridges for several counties.

Dickens suggests the economic evils of such a society on the first page of his novel in the description of Pip's five little dead brothers `` who gave up trying to get a living exceedingly early in that universal struggle '', who seemed to have `` all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence ''.

They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado -- as, when his bodyguard, Yankee Schwartz, complained that he had been snubbed by Dave Miller, a prize-fight referee, chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation, who were Hirschey, a gambler-politician in loose beer-running league with Torrio and O'Banion, Frank, a policeman, and Max, the youngest.

As for the night being warm, he would have been comfortable naked on Mount Everest but his water brothers had little tolerance for changes in temperature and pressure ; ;

He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.

Andy Warhol had two older brothers — Pavol ( Paul ), the oldest, was born in Slovakia ; Ján was born in Pittsburgh.

From the marriage of Julia and Agrippa, Agrippina had four full-blood siblings: a sister Julia the Younger and three brothers: Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar and Agrippa Postumus.

She had three elder brothers, Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar and the future Emperor Caligula, and two younger sisters, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla.

Alcmene refused to marry Amphitryon until he had avenged the death of her brothers.

Thebe, Alexander's wife and cousin ( or half-sister, as the daughter of Jason of Pherae ), concealed her three brothers in the house during the day, had the dog removed when Alexander had gone to rest, and, having covered the steps of the ladder with wool, brought up the young men to her husband's chamber.

Together with his father and brothers, Alexios had conspired against Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos ( c. 1183 ), and thus he spent several years in exile in Muslim courts, including that of Saladin.

However, his succession could not have been foreseen at the time, as Alfred had three living elder brothers.

The brothers had agreed that whichever of them outlived the other would inherit the personal property that King Æthelwulf had left jointly to his sons in his will.

Alfonso requested support from Braccio da Montone, who was besieging Joan's troops in L ' Aquila, but had to set sail for Spain, where a war had broken out between his brothers and the Kingdom of Castile.

Adalbert had five full brothers: Soběslav ( Slavnik's heir ), Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, Čáslav and a half-brother Radim ( Gaudentius ) from his father's liaison with another woman.

Before Caesar's time they had attached themselves to the Romans, and were honoured with the title of brothers and kinsmen of the Roman people.

Upon the death of the king his father, Pandion II, Aegeus and his three brothers, Pallas, Nisos, and Lykos, took control of Athens from Metion, who had seized the throne from Pandion.

Before his death in Herat, on June 9, 1863, Dost Mohammad Khan had nominated as his successor Sher Ali Khan, his third son, passing over the two elder brothers, Afzal Khan and Azam Khan.

Benjamin had two younger brothers, John and Richard, who both went on to become distinguished artists.

Once he left Moina, Almagro followed the Inca trail followed by 750 Spaniards deciding to join him in quest for the gold lost in the ransom of Atahualpa, which had mainly benefited the Pizarro brothers and their supporters.

Almagro fled to Cuzco, still in the hands of his loyal supporters, but found only temporary refuge as the forces of the Pizarro brothers entered the city without resistance.

The Krakouer brothers ( Jim and Phil ) brought a spark into the side and lifted many hopes for North supporters and the excitement to the general football public.

The brothers again depended on friends and supporters for financial assistance and influence in finding employment.

The Essex Rebellion of 1601 has a dramatic element as just before the uprising, supporters of the Earl of Essex, among them Charles and Joscelyn Percy ( younger brothers of the Earl of Northumberland ), paid for a performance of Richard II at the Globe Theatre, apparently with the goal of stirring public ill will towards the monarchy.

During the first decade of the 20th century, Americans in Paris — Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo Stein, Michael Stein and Michael's wife Sarah — were important collectors and supporters of Matisse's paintings.

On 7 February 1601, just before the uprising, supporters of the Earl of Essex, among them Charles and Joscelyn Percy ( younger brothers of the Earl of Northumberland ), paid for a performance at the Globe Theatre on the eve of their armed rebellion.

Along with his brothers and their supporters, Oswiu was then exiled until Edwin's death in 633.

The issue of which aircraft was first or more practical is a matter of debate between supporters of Santos-Dumont and the Wright brothers.

They pushed Eleanor, her sons and their supporters aside, and Henry and his brothers fled and scattered.

*" The War of the Roses ", nickname of the 1886 campaign for governor of Tennessee, contested by brothers Alfred A. Taylor and Robert Love Taylor, whose supporters wore red and white roses respectively

Two of Makhno's brothers were his active supporters and aides before being captured in battle by the German occupation forces and executed by firing squad.

Together the two brothers and their supporters known as the ' Old Whigs ' made a coalition with the ' New Whigs ', previous opponents of the Walpole government.

Close friends, students and supporters of Arminius included Johannes Drusius, Conrad Vorstius, Anthony Thysius, Johannes Halsbergius, Petrus Bertius, Johannes Arnoldi Corvinus, and the brothers Rembert and Simon Episcopius.

The brothers were influential supporters of each other in their efforts to advance.

Even the method's most ardent supporters, Heinkel's Günter brothers, eventually gave up on it in 1940.

Saxo adds that his brothers ' supporters were hanged and that Halfdan continued to reign with great cruelty, but that he reigned long and died peaceably in extreme old age.

It was adopted as a given name in the United States, " in honor of the popularity of the brothers Ebenezer and Jonathan Elmer, leading supporters of the American Revolution.

His first big supporters were the Dodge brothers, who purchased 70, 000 bodies in 1916.

API allies and supporters including the Koch brothers were also visible in this debate.

The brothers were loyal supporters of the Selangor team and so decided to write a rap tune for their favourite team back when they were originally known as Selangor Rappers ' Unit, writing Viva Selangor.

" Two brothers, archaeologists John and Morton Edgar, as personal associates and supporters of Russell, wrote extensive treatises on the history, nature, and prophetic symbolism of the Great Pyramid in relation to the then known archaeological history, along with their interpretations of prophetic and Biblical chronology.

King Birger was subsequently ousted by his brothers ' supporters in 1318 and sent into exile to his brother-in-law King Eric VI of Denmark.