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The knights and their families had been polite, but then they would always be polite to any well-to-do, fairspoken traveling human stranger.
The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998
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‘Lordly’ folk called them, meaning nothing but good; for it warmed all hearts to see them go riding by with their mail-shirts so bright and their shields so splendid, laughing and singing songs of far away; and if they were now large and magnificent, they were unchanged otherwise, unless they were indeed more fairspoken and more jovial and full of merriment than ever before.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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His level, 'fairspoken, immaculate regularity' will contrast widely with the bold, vital vigor and originality of Mr. W.
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 Various
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It is not long since one of this company was apprehended, who was before time reputed for a very honest and wealthy townsman; he uttered also more horses than any of his trade, because he sold a reasonable pennyworth and was a fairspoken man.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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He was both tall and strong; the fairest of men to look on, and well haired; blithe of speech, bountiful, well behaved; as well trained to arms as the best; fairspoken to all men, and much beloved.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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It is not long since one of this company was apprehended, who was before time reputed for a very honest and wealthy townsman; he uttered also more horses than any of his trade, because he sold a reasonable pennyworth and was a fairspoken man.
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Deemest thou that this fairspoken Duke will dare aught against my life? "
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Deemest thou that this fairspoken Duke will dare aught against my life? "
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 09 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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