And by that Hulot's doing all this charm and purity has been degraded to a man-trap, a money-box for five-franc pieces!
It will be a hard task, my good lady; still, there are a good many five-franc pieces in a thousand francs, and I will try to earn your money.
Mademoiselle Fischer, deeply touched by the dying man's honesty, opened the drawer and found the five five-franc pieces to pay his rent.
I have no wish to owe a handsome abode to having made of the beauty you are pleased to ascribe to me a man-trap and a money-box for five-franc pieces!
To the previous abundance there succeeded a penury of small change, although the drain was not so immediately felt because of large reserve of silver 5-franc pieces (amounting to 48 millions of francs) held by the National Bank.
At this conference Belgium proposed the adoption of the single gold standard--the silver pieces including the 5-franc pieces to be lowered by an agio, and made divisional money.
Concurrently with this drain of the 5-franc pieces, the reserve of silver coins of less value began to be seriously affected by the sapping influence.
The silver was a little deficient, for we had given the sailors orders more or less to ignore the five-franc pieces.
Bob Hines was sitting in rather a melancholy heap, with a pile of five-franc pieces in front of him, and a card on which he was morosely writing the numbers as they came up.
You can hear, if you listen, as they swing, the faint, enticing clink of the five-franc pieces within.
The 10-franc pieces, when more generally used in circulation, will take the place of, and drive out a portion of silver coin.
I found two five-franc pieces at the back of the piano, that had slipped without your knowledge between the frame and the keyboard, and I laid them on your table.
I wish I could make you amends for all the troubles I have caused you, through not guessing the value of your poor five-franc pieces.
I will not amuse myself by squandering paltry five-franc pieces; I will reproduce and sum up my epoch by absorbing human lives, human minds, and human souls.
I heeded neither my tingling ears nor the violent beating of my heart, but took out two twenty-franc pieces that I seem to see yet.
I have brought back the seven five-franc pieces which I--took away with me.
Neither spoke during the three minutes of brisk walking which was required to reach the Hotel de Paris, she carrying the money, four five-franc pieces, gripped tightly in either hand.
To the ---- did that gentleman say he would hand those five-franc pieces to the administration?
Some people reluctantly ceased their feverish staking of louis, notes, and five-franc pieces, but others dashed on money up to the last instant.
He began staking five-franc pieces, and writing down notes in a small book.
The latter did grumble a bit, but ended by lending him two five-franc pieces.
He proclaimed that all the ladies present were very cute, and jingled the three sous in his pocket as if they had been five-franc pieces.
The traffic came to a sudden end, and Jean had hard work to pacify Maurice, who shook his fists at the scamps, shouting to them to give him back his five-franc pieces.
He finally consented to part with it for two five-franc pieces, grumbling that he should certainly have a cold in his head.
To these gifts he adds a purse for each, containing thirteen five-franc pieces.
Prince Louis, confident of success, emptied his pockets of the last five-franc pieces; when he had no more, he promised to pay.
Suiting the action to the word, he pulled out a small canvas bag, and took from it two five-franc pieces.
Four and twenty hours after, Napoleon had not even his two five-franc pieces: they and M.
I slipped the five-franc pieces into my purse--then I took a turn through my narrow chamber.
No," said Rollo, "I have nothing but my five-franc pieces.
The waiter took the money, and presently came in with five five-franc pieces.
He went directly, and the man, taking out a small bag, paid down one hundred six-franc pieces.
Even the king, who was in the habit of playing six-franc pieces in order to moderate the play of the court, played gold without thinking of it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "franc pieces" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
