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  • In the register of his birth his name is entered, as are the births of his brothers and sisters, as 'Brunty' and

    Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891

  • "'Brunty' is a great player in our squad as well and we need players like him to push.

    Express & StarExpress & Star 2010

  • Nicolson doesn't mention it, but a man named Patrick Brunty changed his name to Brontë at about this time, thus sparing his literary daughters at Haworth Rectory the later disadvantage of bearing an unromantic name.

    Triumph at Trafalgar 2005

  • Nicolson doesn't mention it, but a man named Patrick Brunty changed his name to Brontë at about this time, thus sparing his literary daughters at Haworth Rectory the later disadvantage of bearing an unromantic name.

    Triumph at Trafalgar 2005

  • His parents were of the peasant class, their original name of Brunty apparently having been changed by their son on his entry at

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • For this theory there is, of course, not one scrap of evidence; we only know that the register of Patrick's native parish gives us Brunty, and that his signature through his successive curacies is Bronte.

    Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891

  • Nomenclature '(Bronte Society's Publications, Pt. III.), has found the name as Brunty, Bruntee, Bronty, and Branty -- but never in Patrick

    Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891

  • That's football, but on another night or if Brunty had another half an inch on his studs, we'd have scored.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Archer and Brunty are also expected to assume key offensive roles.

    Homepage 2010

  • Freshman Dillon Day, Taylor Walker and Brunty combined for eight of the Golden Eagles '13 hits.

    hattiesburgamerican.com - 2010

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