pretty speech
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“Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2016
"Oh, you are twice an artist," remarked Marise, doing as she had been taught to do, automatically turning a pretty speech.
From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield
Jack thought this a pretty speech, but the girl herself was made presently aware of its insincerity.
From My Lord Duke by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
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
"Now that, I think, is a very pretty speech, and I expect something equally pretty from you."
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
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