"No, no, Villon, that is for the Dauphin alone -- that and the coat-of-mail -- no one else must use them.". From Wordnik.com. [The Justice of the King] Reference
Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), who in some points of view recalls Villon, and Stéphanie Mallarmé (1842-1898). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
Many of the older poets, such as Villon and Herrick and. From Wordnik.com. [The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century] Reference
Note the Acrostic "Villon" in the first letters of the first six lines. From Wordnik.com. [Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance] Reference
"Monsieur Villon, that is the Dauphin's.". From Wordnik.com. [The Justice of the King] Reference
It is in Rabelais and in Villon that I studied French. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Villon, I am about to turn marauder, house breaker, thief. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
This was the greatest care that Villon the Parisian poet took. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
“There is nothing third-rate about Villon,” Picard said mildly. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Mirror] Reference
Villon would no longer meet with his ancient temporary provisional lodging. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Occasional choice of much earlier poetry Chartier, Villon can also be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
That was the prayer François Villon applied to his own bishop, whom he hated. From Wordnik.com. [ON THE EVE OF THE MILLENNIUM] Reference
A tall figure of a man, muscular and spare, but a little bent, confronted Villon. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
The French did have a way of producing scapegrace poets, didn't they, from Villon to Rimbaud. From Wordnik.com. [More prizes for Peter Temple's "Truth"?] Reference
He is only a troubadour, blood brother of Villon, a son of Provence, and he has survived the plague. From Wordnik.com. [Blood On The Tracks] Reference
"Put it," said Villon, "that I were really a thief, should I not play my life also, and against heavier odds?". From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
Villon was hardened in that matter; he had made mirth for great lords before now, and found them as black rascals as himself. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
Rabelais had a wonderful knowledge of the prose and the verse of the fifteenth century: he was familiar with Villon, Pathelin, the. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Well said, cried Villon; but let us hide ourselves till he comes by, and then charge him home briskly with your squibs and burning sticks. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
I had the pleasure of meeting Villon in 2004. From Wordnik.com. [Long Island Press] Reference
"Can't you hear it rattle in the gibbet?" said Villon. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
Villon was sensibly nettled under all this sermonising. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
"We're all in for it," cried Villon, swallowing his mirth. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
I can't believe he paraphrased Villon - in French, no less. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
"I don't think I should mind the white so much," said Villon. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
"Well, something of that sort," Villon admitted, with a quaver. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
"You may dare to say that," agreed Villon, infinitely relieved. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
"Oh, stop that row," said Villon, "and think of rhymes to 'fish'!". From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
Villon turned out his hands with a gesture of inimitable impudence. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
The house in question looked dark at first sight; but as Villon made. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
Villon laid down his knife and fork, which he had just taken up again. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
Villon stood and heartily stretched himself in the middle of the road. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
"I should never have been so old," replied Villon, showing his fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
François Villon assassinated his rival Chermoyé, has also been swept away. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Paris] Reference
France had had only one poet -- Villon; "and two thirds of Villon were sheer journalism.". From Wordnik.com. [Enoch Soames: a memory of the eighteen-nineties] Reference
Villon, protruding his lips, imitated the gust with something between a whistle and a groan. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
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