pretty speech
Example Sentences
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“Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2016
This pretty speech was followed by a little pause, during which he came up the steps and led her along the verandah towards two empty chairs at the farther end.
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy
"That is a very pretty speech for you to make."
From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony
What Browne said in reply to this pretty speech, it does not behove me to set down here.
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy
The King addressed each of them on his kissing hands, and to Scarlett he made a very pretty speech about the administration of the law.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles
