fair-spoken
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For 70 of these 90 years, he has been 'a scholar and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading.'
From Time Magazine Archive
‘I am Mr. Brandybuck. Is that enough for you? The Bree-folk used to be fair-spoken to travellers, or so I had heard.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
“Well, I pity him from my heart; for he is a good youth, and a fair-spoken and a handsome, too; and I’m sure that he has no idea of his unfortunate situation.”
From The Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago by Frederick Marryat
He was a fair-spoken youth, obviously of some education.
From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by John Hartman Morgan
He himself sheds a few rheums with the fair-looking, fair-spoken Dame, and dedicates to her a few rhymes.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
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