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  • So prattles good-naturedly Vidocq -- one of his best stories of that Lacénaire -- 'jeune homme d'un caractère fort avenant -- mais c'était un poète,' quoth he, turning sharp on _me_ out of two or three other people round him.

    The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850

  • Indian and China seas, has left an excellent description), [28] with the three envoys, the princess, a beautiful girl of seventeen, 'moult bèle dame at avenant,' says Marco, who had an eye for pretty ladies, and a large suite of attendants.

    Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914

  • So prattles good-naturedly Vidocq ” one of his best stories of that Lacenaire ” 'jeune homme d'un caractere fort avenant ” mais c'etait un poete,' quoth he, turning sharp on me out of two or three other people round him.

    The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898

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  • From French; means "comely, graceful, beautiful or agreeable."

    March 15, 2014