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...nto the hands of barbar- ians. When the conqueror invaded our country, the Franks who divided the land among themselves invented feudal privi- lege as...

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...ital of ideas. We feel ourselves on the quarter-deck, as it were, of a gigantic vessel. We dream of Paris from the days of the Romans to those of the Franks, from the Normans to the Burgundians, the Middle-Ages, the Valois, Henri IV., Louis XIV., Napoleon, and Louis-Philippe. Vestiges are before us of all those sovereignties, in monuments that recall their memory....

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...ntic vessel. We dream of Paris from the days of the Romans to those of the Franks, from the Normans to the Burgundians, the Middle-Ages, the Valois, H...

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...from the wild nations who poured out of the centre and east of Europe. The Franks came over the Rhine and its 91 Yo n g e dependent rivers, and made ... ...sfigured to render them more frightful. The old enemies, the Goths and the Franks, seemed like friends compared with these formi- dable beings whose c... ...al, hurrying from Italy, had united his troops with those of the Goths and Franks, and given Attila so terrible a defeat at Chalons that the Huns were... ...ghout the long break-up of the Ro- man Empire; and in a few more years the Franks were over- running the banks of the Seine, and actually venturing to... ...ccor to the famished brethren. She obtained complete success. Probably the Franks had no means of obstructing the pas- sage of the river, so that a co... ...nother inroad, when Genevieve was absent, Paris was actually seized by the Franks. Their leader, Hilperik, was absolutely afraid of what the mysteri- ... ... and nothing could withhold her from making an effort in their behalf. The Franks had made up their minds to settle, and 94 A Book of Golden Deeds no... ...th wine, bones, and fragments of the barbarous revelry. There were untamed Franks, their sun-burnt hair tied up in a knot at the top of their heads, a... ...SLA A A A AVE VE VE VE VE A.D. 533 A.D. 533 A.D. 533 A.D. 533 A.D. 533 THE Franks had fully gained possession of all the north of Gaul, except Brittan...

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... at the last up on to Hindfell, and wends his way south to the land of the Franks; and he sees before him on the fell a great light, as of fire burnin... ...ey went into the hall of King Alf, and there abode them the Longbeards and Franks, and Sax- ons: they fared with all their war-gear, and had over them...

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...ndred ‘thousand pounds in her own right! Rose Jocelyn, the daughter of Sir Franks, and that eccentric Lady Jocelyn. She is with her uncle, Melville, t... ...air. But I was saying, I went to see the Jocelyns. I was introduced to Sir Franks and his lady and the wealthy grandmother. And I have an invitation f... ...tudy- ing it so diligently under his directions! We never shall again! Sir Franks Jocelyn is the third son of Lord Elburne, made a Baronet for his pat... ...u are half-an-hour too early. I had the post of honour to the right of Sir Franks. Evan to the right of Lady Jocelyn. Most fortunately he was in the b... ...lk- ing of him, I am horrified suddenly. They call him the great Mel! ‘Sir Franks is most estimable, I am sure, as a man, and redolent of excellent qu... ...he was a gallant young man, a fit companion for Rose, and when she and Sir Franks said, and showed him, that they were glad to know him, his heart swa... ... Duke attentive. Description of him when I embrace you. I give amiable Sir Franks Portuguese dishes. Ah, my dear, if we had none but men to contend ag... ...n, and flew off at a gallop, waving back Laxley, who was for joining her. ‘Franks will be a little rusty about the mare,’ the Countess heard Lady Joce... ...stion to him twice before he heard. Melville Jocelyn, Sir John Loring, Sir Franks, and Hamilton surrounded the Countess, and told her what they had de...

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... has extended itself to so huge a size that members of Congress, in giving franks, cannot write the franks themselves. It is illegal for them to deput...

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...d be entirely wrested away from the dominion of the Cross. On that day the Franks lost 150,000 men and 30,000 prisoners. A man-slave sold among the un...

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... It was to England‘s scholars that Charlemagne—the illiterate king of the Franks— turned for help in 781. He was fortunate to find one of the few Cat...

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...ay have been as variable among them as among their neighbours, the ancient Franks. From the time of Charlemagne among the French, and from that of Wil...

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...an strong: under shield he died. Fell the corpse of the king into keeping of Franks, gear of the breast, and that gorgeous ring; weaker warriors won t... ...ing. 2 Dead. 3 Death watch, guard of honor, “lyke wake.” 4 A name for the Franks. 5 Ongentheow. 6 Haethcyn. Beowulf 77 XLI “The bloody swath of ...

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...rmany was occupied by seven distinct nations, who had no common chief. The Franks, one of the number, having conquered the Gauls, established the king...

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...ans to act quickly against Bin Ladin. General Shelton tasked General Tommy Franks, the new com- mander of CENTCOM, to look again at the options. Shelt... ...or unmanned aircraft system. 222 The commander of Central Command, General Franks, told us that he did not regard the existing plans as serious.To him... ... and Secretary Rumsfeld on military options were disap- pointing. 43 Tommy Franks, the commanding general of Central Command (CENTCOM), told us that t... ... (CENTCOM), told us that the President was dissatisfied.The U.S. military, Franks said, did not have an off-the-shelf plan to eliminate the al Qaeda t... ...ng them, as any prudent organization or leader should do. 76 General Tommy Franks, the commanding general of Central Command, recalled receiving Rumsf... ...fer- ent view, but he was the one responsible for making the decisions. 78 Franks told us that he was pushing independently to do more robust plan- ni... ...so began dusting off plans for a full invasion of Iraq during this period, Franks said.) The CENTCOM commander told us he renewed his appeal for furth... ...e United States was flying regular missions to enforce Iraqi no-fly zones. Franks said that President Bush again turned down the request. 79 ... Havin... ...ary plans to attack Afghanistan in meetings with Central Command’s General Franks and other advisers on September 21 and October 2. Originally titled ...