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"Jacques Villon," a retrospective of Villon's art, explores the history and significance of his work and his posthumous European acclaim.
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If I were not a man; if I'd been born a woman instead, I would be a lesbianchanteuse, a performingartistesinging Leonard Cohen love songs inQuebecin a small, trendy, dimly lit lounge called "Villon's Nightmare," nightly.
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Well, I can still recite François Villon's "Ballade des pendus."
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Dobson, Andrew Lang, E.mund G.sse and W.E. Henley; but D.G. Rossetti's popular translation of Villon's "Ballade of Fair Ladies" may almost be considered an original poem, especially as it entirely disregards the metrical rules of the ballades.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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"I drink your better fortune," he said, gravely touching Villon's cup with his own.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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Translation of Villon's "Traité Pratique de la Fabrication des cuirs et du Travail des Peaux".
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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In Villon's ballad, a poor old creature of this class laments her days of youth and beauty.
Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various
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Villon's Straight Tip (W.E. Henley -- 1887) "When my Dimber Dell I Courted" (A.on -- 1725) "Wot Cher" (A. Chevalier -- 1892) "Ye Scamps, ye Pads, ye Divers" (Messink -- 1781) "Ya-Hip, my Hearties!"
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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The scherzo architecture of Villon's Paris, the gabled caprice of Shakespeare's London, the Rip Van
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929
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Villon's Paris, Shakespeare's London and vanished New York, these are crowded into the taxicabs.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929
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