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Normally a mild and pleasant-spoken man, when the frustrations became too great, he would retire briefly into his private office and punch the wall behind the door with all the force he could muster.
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So she walked beside Tom, and talked to him, and asked him where he lived, and what he knew, and all about himself, till Tom thought he had never met such a pleasant-spoken woman.
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She never could have dreamed to find her words come true so suddenly; but here was an Indian Prince come home, who employed the most pleasant-spoken gentleman; and he might know who it was he had to thank that even in the cave the captain did not like to shoot that long-lost heir; and from this time out there was no excuse for Stephen if he ever laughed at anything that his wife said.
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And since this was a pleasant-spoken man and intelligent — though with a somewhat down-at-heel look — besides being a stranger to the town, Mahony impulsively took him home to dinner.
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That was a very pleasant-spoken gentleman, and what he wants you to do is as easy as saying ‘Good-day.’
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His mother -- a woman of much beauty, but of no exceptional traits -- was the daughter of another squire, and at the time of her marriage was simply one of ten thousand fresh-faced, pleasant-spoken English country girls.
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"A very pleasant-spoken young gentleman, ain't he?" said Miss Bryant, setting down a salt-cellar.
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He had always been highly popular with the men of the colliery; they liked his entire freedom from vain show and swagger, and his pleasant-spoken manner.
With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne
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She might have picked a worse -- I will say that -- for he was always a pleasant-spoken young gentleman, and good-looking too, though that's not a thing to set much store by.
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His mother -- a woman of much beauty, but of no exceptional traits -- was the daughter of another squire, and at the time of her marriage was simply one of ten thousand fresh-faced, pleasant-spoken English country girls.
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