Villon, François

1. A fifteenth-century French poet known as much for his life as an outlaw as for the quality of his poetry.

Example Sentences

A mediaeval romance of love and chivalry in which the poet Francois Villon plays the leading part.

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She excused herself from reciting her uncertain cadence to the French poet, whom she liked best after Francois Villon.

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But 'tis not Master Francois Villon, in tattered doublet, with a sonnet.

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You might as well offer Francois Villon a banquet of Orient pearls.

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