fine-spoken

Customer, and a fine-spoken Woman — — And a Woman who drinks and talks so freely, will enliven the Conversation.

The Beggar's Opera 2007

A man might, well stand back if he supposed he were to follow, for six volumes, so well-conducted, so fine-spoken, and withal so dreary a cavalier as Bragelonne.

Memories and Portraits 2005

In the atmosphere of adulation and blandishment to which she was accustomed, the free baron offered a marked contrast to the fine-spoken courtiers, and she leaned back and surveyed him as though he were a type of the lords of creation she had not yet investigated.

Under the Rose Frederic Stewart Isham

They answered, "Yes; but we did not imagine," said they, "that this fine-spoken man had been he."

The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

A preacher of a harsh tone of voice fancied himself a fine-spoken man, and would hold forth at the mosque to a very idle purpose.

The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Various

They answered, Yes; but we did not imagine, said they, that this fine-spoken man had been he.

The Pilgrim’s Progress, in the Similitude of a Dream; The First Part. Paras. 600-699 1909

_ They answered, Yes; but we did not imagine, said they, that this fine-spoken man had been he.

The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites Eva March Tappan 1892

Was ever blackguard so cynically candid in his avowal of the basest crimes as this fine-spoken specimen of the culture of Pall Mall in his open confession of that disgusting insult to a young girl's innocence?

What's Bred in the Bone Grant Allen 1873

Like enough, by a hundred years are over, they'll be looking at Roman sugar-sticks as the Scarlet Woman holds them out, and thinking that she is very fair and fine-spoken, and why shouldn't they have a few sweets?

Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Emily Sarah Holt 1864

To think of a maid leaving of father and mother, and her home, and her brethren and sisters, to go away with a fine-spoken man that she had not known a month, all by reason he spake some flattering words -- in good sooth, but 'tis a marvel unto me.

Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Emily Sarah Holt 1864