pretty speech
Example Sentences
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“Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016
Jack thought this a pretty speech, but the girl herself was made presently aware of its insincerity.
From My Lord Duke by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
A fond kiss was the answer and the reward of this pretty speech.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
"That is a very pretty speech," and this time he kissed her voluntarily, and with a most tender affection.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
She rewarded Frank’s pretty speech by ringing for tea.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.
