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... idea of seeing Hassler, and looked with the eyes of amazement and under no attempt to understand. He reached the house he sought, one of the simplest—in a Carolingian style. Inside was rich luxury, commonplace enough. On the staircase was the heavy atmosphere of hot air. There was a small lift which Christophe did not use, as he wanted to gain time to prepare himself for his call by going up the four flights of stairs slowly, with his legs giving and his heart ...

— Jean-Christophe, Vol. I • Romain Rolland

... indeed, on this day, it would hare been altogether desirable to multiply one's self. However, we told each other what was going on there. Now the emperor is putting on his domestic robes, we said, a new dress, made after the old Carolingian pattern. The hereditary officers receive the insignia, and with them get on horseback. The emperor in his robes, the Roman king in the Spanish habit, immediately mount their steeds; and, while this is done, the endless procession which precedes ...

— Autobiography • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

... carried out with the approbation of the Frankish nation. Raised on the shields of the counts and dukes, anointed by St. Boniface, and blessed by the pope, Pippin became in 752 the first king of the Carolingian family, which had already for several generations ruled the Franks in all ...

— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson

Words linked to "Carolingian" : Carlovingian dynasty, crowned head, Pepin III, Charles I, Charles, Carolus, Charlemagne, Pepin the Short, sovereign, Charles the Great, Pepin, monarch