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Francois Villon

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  • There is a great tradition of artists of his kind, from Francois Villon in medieval France to Arthur Rimbaud and, more recently, William Burroughs who gets a frequent mention in Life.

    Peter Clothier: Keef Peter Clothier 2011

  • There is a great tradition of artists of his kind, from Francois Villon in medieval France to Arthur Rimbaud and, more recently, William Burroughs who gets a frequent mention in Life.

    Peter Clothier: Keef Peter Clothier 2011

  • There is a great tradition of artists of his kind, from Francois Villon in medieval France to Arthur Rimbaud and, more recently, William Burroughs who gets a frequent mention in Life.

    Peter Clothier: Keef Peter Clothier 2011

  • Payne, the well-known author of The Masque of Shadows and of a famous rendering of The Poems of Francois Villon, was about to issue a Translation of The Book of the Thousand Nights and one

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

  • "Do you still stock the works of Francois Villon?" the Saint inquired, and smiled to himself as he pictured Antoine Louvois in his small bookshop near the Odeon reacting to that simple question.

    Salvage for the Saint Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1983

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

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • I would be a sort of Jonathan Wilde plus a Francois Villon.

    Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

  • Voltaire is certainly a modern of moderns, as are Samuel Butler, Francois Villon, Theophile Gautier and

    Mary, Mary James Stephens 1916

  • She tried to wrap the episode up in a page of poetry which might have been torn from a little book by Francois Villon and give it a wistfulness and charm that she thought would appeal to him.

    Who Cares? a story of adolescence Cosmo Hamilton 1910

  • In November 1881, Burton, who was then at Trieste, noticed a paragraph in The Athenaeum [FN#341] to the effect that Mr. John Payne, the well-known author of The Masque of Shadows and of a famous rendering of The Poems of Francois Villon, was about to issue a Translation of The Book of the Thousand Nights and one Nights.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

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