pretty speech
Example Sentences
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“Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016
Marie Antoinette was beginning to realise that all France did not fawn upon her with the courtier's bended shoulder or pretty speech.
From Vigée Le Brun by MacFall, Haldane
That is a pretty speech to make to a lady!
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
What is a pretty speech and a kiss to a woman who has lived, travelled over the world, read widely, thought many things?
From Bye-Ways by Hichens, Robert Smythe
“What have you to say to that pretty speech, John Armstrong?” asked Uncle Peabody.
From The Spell by Orcutt, William Dana
