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...Fru Astrida come up here? May I not go to the King and have those insolent Franks punished?” “Listen to me, Lord Richard,” said Sir Eric: “that smooth... ... King whose words so charmed you last night is an ungrateful deceiver. The Franks have always hated and feared 39 Yo n g e the Normans, and not being... ...that is not saying much for it.” “Hark!” said Osmond, “what a tramping the Franks are making. They are beginning to wonder where the Duke is.” “To the... ...ain, in calls 41 Yo n g e for their little Duke, and outcries against the Franks. The windows were, however, so high, that nothing could be seen from... ...w. “The King is resolved to have you away; he has with him the best of his Franks, and has so taken us at unawares, that though I might yet rescue you... ...ar, which I bade Sybald and Henry see bestowed in our chamber. Well, these Franks are come to a pass, indeed! My grandmother will never be- lieve what... ...ng Lord a lecture on his want of courtesy, telling him that “no wonder the Franks thought he had no more culture than a Viking (or pirate), fresh caug... ... alas!” said Osmond, “I have been too hasty. I have but saved him from the Franks to be his death by my own imprudence.” “Hush! Sieur de Centeville,” ... ...s soon as you came, to come and guard our Castle,” said Alberic, “lest the Franks should pursue you; but you are safe now—safe as Norman spears can ma...

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...-shares and other implements, besides wax and oil. But it was no resort of Franks, and he insisted that Arthur should only come on shore in a Moorish ... ... the dignity of an old lion, that were she the daughter of the King of the Franks himself, she would only be a fit mate for the son of the King of the...

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...se places where the revolutionary ideas spread like the overrunning of the Franks by the Gauls. His- torically, the peasants are still on the morrow o...

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...t was gained or avoided; and in order to commemorate the epi- sode, Charlemagne commanded a city to be built there, which he named Frankfort—the ford ...

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...o enterprises and partnerships,” said Achille Pigoult. “Francs attract the Franks,” remarked Olivier Vinet, with- out a smile. “You are not an olive-b...

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...ise in Germany along the banks of the Rhine among the ancient tribe of the Franks, as is shown by the many geographical names that are reminiscent of ... ...were added during the fifth century. At the be- ginning of this period the Franks were located on the left bank of the Rhine from Coblenz downward. Fu... ...ifica- tion of the Nibelungs with the Burgundians. The fact, too, that the Franks rapidly took possession of the district de- populated by the crushin... ...ing defeat of the Burgundians like- wise aided the confusion, and thus the Franks became the natural heirs of the legend concerning the death of Gunth... ...his importance, coupled with a growing repugnance on the part of the proud Franks to ac- knowledge defeat at the hands of the Huns, caused the per- so... ...e fifth century was written as “Troja”, giving rise to the legend that the Franks were de- scended from the ancient Trojans. “Troja” was then further ... ...s placed before the mar- riage.) It reflects the ancient feuds between the Franks on the one hand and the Saxons and Danes on the other. Originally Si...

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...ng to the Ger- man frontier, Valerian to the eastern. Under Gallienus, the Franks began first to make themselves heard of. Breaking into Gaul they pas... ...r of a deliverer. From the Gaulish provinces he chased in succes- sion the Franks, the Burgundians, and the Lygians. He pur- sued the intruders far in... ... cases accomplished the ends proposed. In one in- stance, where a party of Franks had been transported into the Asiatic province of Pontus, as a colum...

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...in possession of an empty sepulchre. But yet, methinks, so highly have the Franks whom I have met with extolled the beauty of their women, I could be ... ...brother,” interrupted the Saracen; “we shall find, either of us, enough of Franks or of Moslemah on whom to exercise both sword and lance. This Theodo... ...d followers were little able to meet in close encounter with the iron-clad Franks, and had been taught, at the same time, to appre- hend and dread the... ... so with the blindness of the under- standing. If there be those among the Franks who, for the sake of worldly lucre, have assumed the turban of the P... ...tar, a curved and narrow blade, which glittered not like the swords of the Franks, but was, on the contrary, of a dull blue colour, marked with ten mi...

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...ed one of the great roads into Spain, and in the fourth century Romans and Franks ousted each other from such a point of vantage. In the year 436, The...

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...particular. He was on familiar terms with two small Irish members, and got franks for everybody in the house. He felt convinced that his intrinsic mer...

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...her; for they probably could not write, and certainly had neither post nor franks to speed their effusions to each other; whereas yours, which you had... ...ost pregnant with peril to its good and generous owner. Adieu! let not the franks of the worthy peer remain unemployed; above all, sis memor mei. A.F ...

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...nothing to fear.” “But you forget,” replied Debray, laughing, “that we are Franks by name and franks by nature, as King Charles said, and that the mom...

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... — [Hattie], accept my best thanks, Rendered long and amusing by virtue of franks, Though concise they would please, yet the longer the better, The mo...

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...t, and wrote to Lilly to say he would join him, as invited, at Sir William Franks’. He hoped Lilly’s answer would arrive before he left London. But it... ...nd it was free. “Keb? Yes—orright—sir. Whe’to? Where you go? Sir Wil- liam Franks? Yes, I know. Long way go—go long way. Sir William Franks.” The cabm... ...f park wall with trees above. The big gates were just beyond. “Sir William Franks—there.” In a mixture of Italian and English the driver told Aaron to... ...ed by a man, appeared cautiously, in the half-opened doorway. “Sir William Franks?” said Aaron. “Si, signore.” And Aaron stepped with his two bags ins... ...d to see you—well, now, come in and have some dinner—” At this moment Lady Franks appeared—short, rather plump, but erect and definite, in a black sil... ...t eaten? No—well, then—would you like a bath now, or—?” It was evident the Franks had dispensed much hospitality: much of it charitable. Aaron felt it... ...e deference, nay, expected it, as their due. Yet both Sir William and Lady Franks knew that it was only money and success. They had both a certain aft... ...lue band round her hair. The Colonel hovered stout and fidgetty round Lady Franks and the liqueur stand. He and the Major were both in khaki—belonging... ...arnest, poor devil. The girl in white had been a sort of companion to Lady Franks, so that Arthur was more or less a son-in-law. In this capacity, he ...

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...parte not at all. Charlemagne was a first-rate horse- man even amongst the Franks; Napoleon rode ill originally, and no practice availed to give him a... ...red by the times, and indispensable to the crisis which had arisen for the Franks; and he was himself protected by the necessi- ties to which he minis... ...his own person a mighty amplifier of its glories, and a leader in whom the Franks had unlimited con- fidence, threw into his hands an unexampled power... ...s gratior exit, Quam sub rege pio’— is the general doctrine. But as to the Franks, in particular, if they resembled their modern representatives in th...

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...nd the castle towers razed to the level of the roof. The descendant of the Franks looked for the missing Gothic turrets and the picturesque weather va...

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... been lifted on bucklers, to France’s or the world’s sovereignty; and iron Franks, loud-clanging, have responded to the voice of a Charlemagne; and fr...

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... the Pyrenees into France and were cut to pieces by the battle-axes of the Franks under Charles Martel. The heights are barren. A hot, baked, reddish ...

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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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...e of war, and most of that time with us in France, against the Germans and Franks: we hardly read of any man who ever saw more dangers, or who made mo... ...w abodes elsewhere and encroach upon others. After this manner our ancient Franks came from the remotest part of Germany to seize upon Gaul, and to dr...

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...ow faint as they enter its infected limits, and shabby figures in quest of franks, flit restlessly to and fro like the troubled ghosts of Complete Let...

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...rticular. He was on fa- miliar terms with two small Irish members, and got franks for everybody in the house. He felt convinced that his intrinsic mer...

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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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...short armistice with truth. He had travell’d ‘mongst the Arabs, Turks, and Franks, And knew the self loves of the different nations; And havin... ... The Heracleidan blood might own. Trust not for freedom to the Franks They have a king who buys and sells; In native ...

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...g how very much the contest did finally assume a religious character (even Franks being attached, not as friends of Greece, but simply as Christians),...

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...n than any that preceded it. The conversion of the Anglo Saxons and of the Franks may be said to have been begun by the wives of Ethelbert and Clovis....

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... comes in, and then his war-cry goes instead— 283 Yonge “‘On, on, ye Franks, hew down their ranks, Up, merry men, for the Ermine! F...

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...icer can be bribed. The head man in the post-office sold forged government franks. The governor and prime minister openly combined to plunder the stat...

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...ng soever it were. You also tell us wonders of the industry of the ancient Franks, who were preferred to all others in point of archery; and when they...

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... been lifted on bucklers, to France’s or the world’s sovereignty; and iron Franks, loud-clanging, have responded to the voice of a Charlemagne; and fr...

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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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... 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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...k T wain 129 but the people warned him off. He appealed to the king of the Franks, who made him a present of the whole region, people and all. He buil...

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...nce so tall, so young, and so fair, though blond Normans and blue- blooded Franks, lads scarce sixteen and stalwart warriors, lay in one melancholy ra...

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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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...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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... sons, Vandalus, Saxo, and Boganus. From Hisicion arose four na- tions—the Franks, the Latins, the Germans, and Britons: from Armenon, the Gothi, Bala...

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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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...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 ...