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Villon
[ vee-yawn ]
noun
- Fran·çois [f, r, ah, n, -, swa], 1431–63?, French poet.
- Jacques [zhahk], Gaston Duchamp, 1875–1963, French painter.
Villon
/ vijɔ̃ /
noun
- VillonFrançois1431MFrenchWRITING: poet François (frɑ̃swa). born 1431, French poet. His poems, such as those in Le Petit testament (?1456) and Le Grand testament (1461), are mostly ballades and rondeaux, verse forms that he revitalized. He was banished in 1463, after which nothing more was heard of him
- VillonJacques18751963MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: engraver Jacques (ʒak), real name Gaston Duchamp. 1875–1963, French cubist painter and engraver
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“A very grateful guest,” said Villon politely; and he drank in dumb show to his entertainer.
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He took Christina a very handsomely bound copy of Villon, of whom she was fond, and several volumes of new verse.
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One of the most striking examples of what I mean is furnished by the poet Franois Villon, thief, house-breaker, and scape-gallows.
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Auvers is somewhat doubtfully stated as being the birthplace of François Villon—that prince of vagabonds.
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Certainly, Villon found, in this legitimate issue of his career, a very staggering and grave consideration.
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