Franc

Examples

• Again he demanded more, and got a franc--demanded more, and it was refused. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The doctor, in jest, offered to kiss the young girl, and was taken a little aback when she said he might for a franc! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The commonest gallantry compelled him to stand by his offer, and so he paid the franc and took the kiss. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I will give you eighteen points and we will play for a franc a point. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They noticed that we looked out for expenses, and got what we conveniently could out of a franc, and wondered where in the mischief we came from. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is said that a stranger took a one-horse carriage for a course --tariff, half a franc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He demanded more, and received another franc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She said a franc was a good thing to have, and she did not care any thing for one paltry kiss, because she had a million left. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The old women who played ecarte made such a noise about a five-franc piece that it was not worth Colonel Crawley's while to sit down at a card-table. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Five thousand francs is a reason, said the other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Pasteur's attention was next directed to the wine industry, which then had an annual value to France of 500,000,000 francs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In the Milan cathedral it costs five francs to see it, and at St. Peter's, at Rome, it is almost impossible to see it at any price. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In 1874 the Government conferred upon Pasteur a life annuity of twelv e thousand francs, an equivalent of his salary as Professor of Chemistry at the Sorb onne. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He gave the man five francs, by way of experiment. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In 1858 the Emperor of the French called a Congress in Paris to honor Morse, and the Congress awarded him a gift of 400,000 francs as a token of gratitude. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The treasures here, by simple weight, without counting workmanship, were valued at fifty millions of francs! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• If you get through send me five hundred francs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The rate of tolls is 10 francs (about $2) per net ton. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Incidentally, he had won ten thousand francs, for D'Arnot insisted that he keep it all. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We did not get a firman, but we took along four or five francs apiece, which is much the same thing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The French government in 1800 granted him a reward of 8,000 francs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And the result was a handsome case, containing 300 francs worth of plate. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The entire cost of the instrument is said to be over 2,000,000 francs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The total receipts for the year were 87,906,255 francs (about $17,500,000), and the net profit 63,441,987 francs (about $12,500,000). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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