"If I must choose one or the other, I prefer a rough-spoken soldier to a smooth-spoken courtier.". From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
He was always a villain, smooth-spoken and plausible, but a dangerous, subtle villain all the same. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the City]
“Now, a plague upon all smooth-spoken hosts!” said Wayland, unable longer to suppress his mortification and uneasiness. From Wordnik.com. [Kenilworth] Reference
A tight, trig, bustling body she, black and polished as ebony, smooth-spoken and respectful, and quite a favorite with everybody. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
Bitterly did he now regret having cast in his lot with the smooth-spoken stranger who had been so sympathetic with him in his troubles at home. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Failing in this, the exasperated cotton-broker swore that he would have his heart's blood, for he knew the sly, smooth-spoken Yankee was at the bottom of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
After people had been disarmed by his likable smile, bright brown eyes, and smooth-spoken flattery, he would extract concessions before they realized they had parted with them. From Wordnik.com. [Temple of the Winds]
The most dangerous man was apt to be quiet and smooth-spoken. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado] Reference
Priscilla could scarcely believe that kind, indulgent, smooth-spoken. From Wordnik.com. [The Talking Horse And Other Tales] Reference
He had such a stern, smooth-spoken way with him; and he seemed to know so much. From Wordnik.com. [A Comedy of Masks A Novel] Reference
Only genius could have invented John Silver, that terribly smooth-spoken mariner. From Wordnik.com. [Essays in Little] Reference
None had offered the slightest move to make friends with the smooth-spoken visitor. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
He watched the newspapers, too -- but no longer was he to be taken in by smooth-spoken agents. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle] Reference
He was smooth-spoken and courteous to his equals, and generally affable, though with constraint, to his inferiors. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
He's quiet like and smooth-spoken, but when he does 'it he' its 'ard, and when he shoots he shoots mortal straight. From Wordnik.com. [With Edged Tools] Reference
"Now, a plague upon all smooth-spoken hosts!" said Wayland, unable longer to suppress his mortification and uneasiness. From Wordnik.com. [Kenilworth] Reference
Judson was a jovial, smooth-spoken man, so uniformly goodnatured and bland that it was surprising how few friends he had. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Avonlea] Reference
Talleyrand was a distinguished and typical aristocrat of the old French school, elegant, adroit, smooth-spoken, and sharp. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.)] Reference
Could it really be possible, was what I kept wondering, that this smooth-spoken, pleasant-mannered man was actually a criminal?. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Faces A Mystery] Reference
But would the smooth-spoken visitor have declared that he knew everything, if he had not really penetrated the mystery of her life?. From Wordnik.com. [Baron Trigault's Vengeance] Reference
I knew that smooth-spoken man of yours would believe anything against her, and I knew he would never marry her after a set-out like this, and I knew. From Wordnik.com. [In Homespun] Reference
Charismatic, smooth-spoken and strategically adroit, she rose from a dreary childhood in the industrial provinces to vast power in Ukrainian politics and business. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Gompachi was so smooth-spoken and so well liked by his comrades, that he easily persuaded Seibei to hush the matter up, and accompany him to the Yoshiwara for a little diversion. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Old Japan] Reference
"Oh, the she-wolf's of course -- that delectable smooth-spoken wife of my brother Thomas. From Wordnik.com. [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference
"'M. le Comte,' said I, after the usual greetings, 'I fail to see why you should need me to effect an introduction to Van Gobseck, the most civil and smooth-spoken of capitalists. From Wordnik.com. [Gobseck] Reference
Are you Scots so smooth-spoken?. From Wordnik.com. [A Monk of Fife] Reference
I told the smooth-spoken gentleman from. From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrious Prince] Reference
Yet gave it for nothing to smooth-spoken Ned. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2] Reference
"the chap was that smooth-spoken you might think he was after swallyin '. From Wordnik.com. [Strangers at Lisconnel] Reference
"Eh, one of those smooth-spoken fellows. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Judgment] Reference
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