| 单词 | silver-tongued |
| 例句 | The city tried to paint him as a silver-tongued outsider who never rode the bus in Montgomery himself but knew just how to make everyone who did feel unhappy. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z She may be a silver-tongued liar, but she will not be a cheat. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The large supporting cast are largely forgettable, save the aforementioned Brody and the fabulous Oyelowo, because they get the best dialogue and deliver it smoothly, like silver-tongued salesmen. "See How They Run" is a comic whodunit that falls flat except for the dead guy 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Not only were Neanderthals gossiping to us over the cave wall 24,000 years ago, but they were silver-tongued enough to guarantee that a little of them lived on in us. Carole Jahme goes ape at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010-07-30T17:28:00Z Absent one of those, try importing a few silver-tongued ringers — and give them the solos. Social Q?s: My Plate Is Full. Yours Is Borrowed. 2010-12-30T22:16:22Z As her silver-tongued patter ensures every girl gets her boy, Blake is the magnetic centre of the show, bringing order where there was chaos, love where there was loneliness. Hello, Dolly! – review 2013-07-01T12:54:10Z The silver-tongued Richards was a longtime champion of women and minorities in government. Holland Taylor's 'Ann' closing on Broadway 2013-06-12T17:32:12Z Then the cheerfully amoral Randall brings his skills as a silver-tongued salesman and his sexual magnetism, first practised selling TV sets and hi-fi equipment, to bear on peddling patent medicines. Love & Other Drugs ? review 2011-01-02T00:03:03Z For clumsy, weedy kids like me who spent hours alone reading the dictionary, the silver-tongued, homely Cyrano opened a glorious new vista on possibilities for becoming a hero. Review: James McAvoy’s Rapping Cyrano Dazzles With Words 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Maybe I’m just a sucker for Dickens and silver-tongued nutters, but it’s people like Turbo Paul who, to me, exemplify the possibilities of the open Web. The Medium: Art-Theft Blogs 2010-06-04T16:35:00Z The silver-tongued Clent charms her with "phrases as vivid and strange as spices". Frances Hardinge: a bucketful of whimsy 2011-08-12T06:28:31Z Vidal is a plum role, and the wonderful Edwards is suitably dapper and silver-tongued, not least when on the offensive: “Do you read?” he asks Buckley. Review: In ‘Best of Enemies,’ a TV Duel Becomes a Theater Gem 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z This expulsion came after a powwow days earlier with the bosses of a possible new client, Hershey's Chocolate, where the silver-tongued Draper did what he does best: infusing the product with his own seductive myths. A wakeup call heeded as `Mad Men' season ends 2013-06-24T12:43:33Z The silver-haired, silver-tongued Richards, a one-term governor, was a longtime champion of women and minorities in government. Holland Taylor plays 'the thrill of a lifetime' 2013-02-21T14:13:10Z But Mr. Lynch’s twosome, a 30-ish newspaper reporter and the much older bon vivant and “silver-tongued P. R. Hercules,” who is known unofficially as “Mr. Seattle,” are not dumbed down. Books of The Times: ?Truth Like the Sun,? by Jim Lynch 2012-04-08T22:00:45Z I’m the rapper, I’m the poet, I’m the silver-tongued devil,” he said. Matthew McConaughey Shifts Gears 2012-07-06T23:59:02Z For the most part, “Love, Simon” is an amiable, slick, silver-tongued teen romantic comedy. Review: In ‘Love, Simon,’ a Glossy Teen Romance, the Hero Has a Secret 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Film and stage star Jude Law was nominated for a Tony Award for his 2009 Broadway turn as the conflicted, silver-tongued Dane. 'Hamlet' lovers can feast on live broadcast, plus Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi on DVD 2011-01-06T00:08:04Z He was, in short, the kind of character — silver-tongued and cunning, an ingratiating rake — that Wilder himself might have created for one of his acerbic comedies. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Now it would be easy to be cynical about this piece, one of the silver-tongued songwriter's first attempts to write what he calls "something serious". Neil Sedaka: 'My great love is classical music' 2012-10-12T16:47:00Z The silver-tongued devil who won Jim's affections before he betrayed him. Eoin Colfer's top ten villains 2013-05-23T11:09:56Z Astronomers and astrologers flocked there, as did serious scholars and silver-tongued hacks. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met He plays Mr Wednesday, a shifty, silver-tongued conman who is not all he seems. Ian McShane on reviving Lovejoy and becoming the saviour of America 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z She was quickly cast opposite silver-tongued smoothie Charles Boyer in another literary thriller, Graham Greene’s Confidential Agent, about a Spanish republican trying to secure coal supplies during the civil war. Lauren Bacall: a career in clips 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Giving the silver-tongued pair their own road movie is a treat, and it returns to one of the series’ longtime themes: what makes a good ruler? Review: Game of Thrones Explores Uncharted Territory in Season 5 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Our newly silver-tongued freshman gets a little support from Yoruba culture, in a magic-realist touch that is part of Mr. Njikam’s plan to honor what he sees as hip-hop’s cultural roots. Review: A Student of the Classics, Hip-Hop Variety, in ‘Syncing Ink’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The Roman poet, in contrast with the unknown Anglo-Saxon who wrote “Beowulf”, is mellifluous and silver-tongued. Music from the underworld 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Not to worry, the silver-tongued Reacher tricked his clueless captors into freeing him. Spoiler alert: Jack Reacher survives, but the 19th Lee Child novel is fascinating Slade finds the discarded home pregnancy test in the bathroom bin and then tries talking Charlotte around for another attempt, but it’s a hard sell even for the silver-tongued media mogul. Cleverman season one, episode two recap – black sites and beasties 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z “With this fellow here,” he said of his “Tulsa King” character, a silver-tongued gangster named Dwight Manfredi, “you have to be clever.” In ‘Tulsa King,’ Sylvester Stallone Tries Something New: Being Himself 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z In his Feb. 25 annual letter to shareholders, Buffett defended buybacks, calling someone who views all repurchases as harmful "an economic illiterate or a silver-tongued demagogue." Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway speeds up stock buybacks 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z In his annual letter to shareholders, the billionaire C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway said to beware the buyback detractor — who is either an “economic illiterate or a silver-tongued demagogue.” The Trillion Dollar Debate Over Share Buybacks 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z While Biden didn't call for an end to buybacks, Buffett said those who do are "either an economic illiterate or a silver-tongued demagogue." Warren Buffett, in annual letter, stays upbeat and preaches patience 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Stanislas Eskenazi is his silver-tongued lawyer, who has devoted the last six years of his life to defending his client during highly publicized trials, first in Paris, and now this one in Brussels. Corporate Lawyer’s Unlikely Mission: Defend and ‘Humanize’ a Hated Terrorist 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Although his teen dream was to be a famous rapper, Faiyaz began slowing his flow to reveal a more silver-tongued, R&B Casanova lurking within. Meet Brent Faiyaz, R&B's antihero: 'It’s not human to be constantly writing love songs' 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z It’s also the silver-tongued wit, the steel-trap mind, the sense that whatever this Cyrano may lack in physical stature he more than makes up for in intellectual acuity. Review: Peter Dinklage earns your love in the snazzy (but not schnozzy) musical 'Cyrano' 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Back in Season 1, Billy Porter won the Emmy for his portrayal as silver-tongued emcee Pray Tell. Fathers, sons and the 'House of Gucci': What the SAG Awards snubs and surprises mean for the Oscars 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Popeil was 16 when a Chicago newspaper called him “a silver-tongued orator.” Ron Popeil, inventor, pitchman and TV infomercial star, dies at 86 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Popeil’s gated Beverly Hills home was partly a shrine to silly-sounding devices that the silver-tongued Popeil sold over and over with such signature lines as “But wait, there’s more!” and “Isn’t that amazing?” Ron Popeil, the hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone, has died 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Oyelowo is supposed to be a mesmerizing, silver-tongued devil; they didn’t quite get there either. Review: Part cuddly, part meta: 'Peter Rabbit 2' goes from tea time to crime time 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Camilo and José Augusto are thus silver-tongued members of a dying aristocratic breed, oblivious to the ever-changing world around them but still intent on proving their superiority to it and also to each other. Best 2020 double feature: Two favorite discoveries in film's toughest year 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z But you can detect a bit of Sinatra’s playfulness in Dylan’s spry delivery here — the clear enjoyment Sinatra took in portraying roguish smoothies and silver-tongued thugs. Bob Dylan's 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' is a savage pulp-noir masterpiece: Review 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Does something sinister lurk beneath Luce’s charming smiles and those stirring, silver-tongued speeches he is regularly called on to deliver at school assemblies? Review: Who is 'Luce'? Kelvin Harrison Jr. gives a compelling answer in a twisty race drama 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “He’s always been seen as a very skillful, clever, silver-tongued kind of politician, able to avoid the moment of his arrest that happened today,” said Michael Shifter, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue. Alan García, ex-president of Peru, dies at 69 after shooting himself during arrest 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The dispute is all part of a makeover of darts engineered by Barry Hearn, the silver-tongued chairman of the Professional Darts Corporation, or P.D.C., and the mastermind behind the sport’s growth on TV. Showmanship, and Conflict, as Darts Goes From Smoky Pubs to TV Spectacle 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z It’s true that Bush lacked the political genius of either his lionized predecessor or the silver-tongued successor with whom he later became close friends. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z It will, says its silver-tongued Parisian architect Jean Nouvel, “symbolise the mysteries of the desert’s concretions and crystallisations, suggesting the interlocking pattern of the blade-like petals of the desert rose”. How landmark buildings became weapons in a new Gulf war 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z It often falls to the agent, then, to paint a realistic picture — even if some are silver-tongued in recruiting clients, promising Pro Bowl careers and million-dollar signing bonuses. ‘Super agents’ rep 75 percent of NFL players. It’s a competitive fight to sign the rest. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The silver-tongued orator’s powerful speeches comforted a dispirited nation bombed night after night during the Blitz. Empire strikes back: why former colonies don't need Britain after Brexit | Griffith Review 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Broussard is just one of Burke’s finely nuanced characters; others include a silver-tongued, wealthy, ostensibly populist businessman who is snugly in bed with white nationalists. Crime fiction: James Lee Burke’s latest brings back deputy ‘Robicheaux’ 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z After a generation of scripts from the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Aaron Sorkin celebrated the motor-mouthed and the silver-tongued, many directors are embracing a new moment. Silence is golden? In the age of noise, filmmakers are suddenly embracing the quiet 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Although silver-tongued in public and always ready to snap into salesman mode, Leahy is surprisingly reluctant to talk about himself, but retains a lightning return of serve. Airbus' Leahy reveals negotiating tricks after 'last air show' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Wednesday is as slippery as a used car salesman, as silver-tongued as an inspirational guru and as commanding of respect as, well, a god. Ian McShane embraces the creativity of 'American Gods': 'It’s bold, it’s brave, it’s out there' 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Knowledgeable bartenders are silver-tongued when describing nuances of grapefruit, hops, malt, resin and vanilla. Walking Over the Hudson: Lofty Valley Views Where Trains Once Rumbled 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z He left as a gruff Yorkshire lad and came back a smooth, silver-tongued chansonnier. Beyond Bob Dylan: authors, poets and musicians pick their favourite songwriter 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Online they encountered the silver-tongued recruiters of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, who said their first loyalty should be not to their nation but to Islam. ‘In-Betweeners’ Are Part of a Rich Recruiting Pool for Jihadists 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Trump confidants like Ben Carson, they add, are particularly enthralled by Gingrich, whose gaseous but silver-tongued style might help the ticket. They’re perfect for him: Newt and Christie’s scandalous past make them ideal Trump VP’s 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxing legend and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself “The Greatest” and then spent a lifetime living up to that lofty billing, is dead. Muhammad Ali, 'The Greatest of All Time', dead at 74 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The police claimed ample success, but the silver-tongued swindlers simply expanded offshore, phoning their victims from at least two dozen countries as far flung as Paraguay and Egypt. China is dialing 911 over Taiwanese phone scammers 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The struggle between these two jousting politicos, between the iron-fisted realist and the silver-tongued idealist, drives the novel’s plot. Imagining Haiti’s Inner Life 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z "We don't need another silver-tongued junior senator. We've been there," she says. Trump Hits Jackpot In Nevada Caucuses 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Sanders has never been described as silver-tongued or telegenic, yet he fills arenas with fans and raises campaign cash faster than he can count it. So many candidates, so many flaws 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z More than silver-tongued speeches and sleight of hand, the organization Byers shaped is in need of a new vision. The Vision of Walter Byers, a Flawed Leader, Still Shapes the N.C.A.A. 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z One is William Jefferson Clinton, the progressive hope and statesman, the other is “Willy,” a silver-tongued charlatan and skirt chaser. Are comedians licking their chops for another Clinton White House? 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z That’s when, at team owner Paul Allen’s behest, a slight, silver-haired, silver-tongued winner was wooed from the college ranks. Take 2: How the Seahawks' 12s became the envy (and scourge) of the NFL 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The menagerie of mostly vintage furniture and objects inside reflects what the silver-tongued speaker calls his “Manichean” taste. Design Secrets of eBay's Tastemaker in Chief 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Republican incumbent Nathan Deal’s campaign released a tough new ad, calling Democrat Jason Carter a silver-tongued politician who will increase state spending by more than $12 billion. Rhetoric heats up in Georgia governor’s race 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z All eyes were on silver-tongued Salmond, who walked into the debate held at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow needing a boost. Key leaders on both sides of Scottish independence debate clash on television A silver-tongued swipe at the opposition can gain admiration. Do political TV debates matter? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Reverend Ike — the Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II — was a silver-tongued New York minister who unapologetically preached the gospel of prosperity. Sports of The Times: ‘Succeed and Proceed,’ to Instant Riches 2014-04-08T01:38:36Z As with most SMT games, players may recruit and discover new demons, often through silver-tongued negotiations or outright bribery. 'Shin Megami Tensei IV' Review 2013-07-19T22:26:00Z A mixture of silver-tongued televangelist and the lieutenant colonel he once was, he remains popular with poor Venezuelans. Ch?vez to Undergo Cancer Operation 2012-02-22T02:38:41Z The professional orators, the silver-tongued rhetoricians, had their innings at a later date. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z Agents would be silver-tongued hucksters in fedoras and sharp suits, smoothly peddling their shiny free agents. On Baseball: In Free-Agent Shopping, Temptation and Remorse 2011-12-03T19:27:28Z "If you are looking for a silver-tongued devil, you aren't going to get it with Rick Perry," said Republican consultant Rich Galen. Rick Perry looks to get back on track 2011-09-27T18:03:58Z In speaking, he was enthusiastic and impassioned, and full of eloquence and spirit, and if he had been born a hundred years or so later would doubtless have been dubbed a "silver-tongued orator." The Story of Bacon's Rebellion 2011-06-16T02:00:14.737Z Robert McGinnis was no silver-tongued orator, but he knew his subject, and his heart was in it. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z The silver-tongued devil couldn't get the deal done on cap and trade. Talking Clean Power and R&D with Duke Energy's Jim Rogers 2011-03-02T08:00:00Z The silver-tongued crooner, whose recording of "White Christmas" has sold millions of copies worldwide, was part owner of the baseball team from 1946 until his death in 1977. Film of 1960 World Series found in Crosby's cellar 2010-09-24T17:13:00Z He can talk the down off a duckling, but environmental activists—especially in Charlotte, N.C., where Duke Energy is based—dismiss him as a fraud, a greenwasher, a silver-tongued huckster with world-class PR. A CEO's Playbook for the Climate War 2010-06-03T21:00:00Z In fact, he is already the telegenic, silver-tongued, politically savvy son of the man who won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, which gauged Republican sentiments in anticipation of 2012. How Rand Paul became the Tea Party's Obama 2010-05-14T12:01:00Z That's how silver-tongued cardigan model and occasional Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has described the points totals accrued by his side and Real Madrid this season. Football: Sevilla v Barcelona - live from 7.30pm! 2010-05-08T16:33:00Z Music, I hear, accompanies your feasts; the voices of silver-tongued lads——" "Ha!" chuckled the other, "you have heard that. In the Day of Adversity My friends, we have too many orators in the pulpit, I am tired and sick of your "silver-tongued orators." Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations The Lieutenant's heroism served as a peg from which those silver-tongued ones turned themselves loose and kicked. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He was tall, gentlemanly, silver-tongued, and perfectly orthodox. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself But though the subject of our sketch is truly silver-tongued, the solemnity, at times, almost the severity, of his manner preserves him from anything like tameness. The London Pulpit The curfew, falling in sweet tones from the old watch tower, voiced by the silver-tongued "Lisbon bell," lulls all to sleep, and indeed long before that only an occasional footfall resounds from the flagging. Old Plymouth Trails "Be composed, your sweet Grace, and dinna be so fashed," cried a silver-tongued madam, the which my grandfather afterwards found, as I shall have to rehearse, was his concubine, the Mrs Kilspinnie. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters I am tired and sick of your “silver-tongued orators.” Men of the Bible She was a perfectly honest, conscientious woman, who had performed duties in her day from whose severe anguish many a human Peri, gazelle-eyed, silken-tressed, and silver-tongued, would have shrunk appalled. Shirley And much she marvelled at the patience, the consideration, the arguments which the silver-tongued ecclesiastic brought to bear upon him. The Wild Geese And as the beams of the morning sun strikes this, like the tower of Memnon, it gives forth music, the silver-tongued call of the old Lisbon bell. Old Plymouth Trails "The silver-tongued orator of the East," his appearance in any town or hamlet was greeted with the greatest enthusiasm. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. I know it is praised with high professions of idealism and benevolence; with silver-tongued rhetoric about purer motherhood and a happier posterity. Eugenics and Other Evils "Fellows, I'm no silver-tongued orator——" "Don't believe it!" The Varmint The eloquent and silver-tongued Lord Cowper was restored to the office of Lord Chancellor, which he had already held under Queen Anne, and by virtue of which he had presided at the impeachment of Sacheverell. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I The only ornaments, if such they can be styled, are busts—the busts of the silver-tongued Vergniaud and a few of his political brothers—the victim Girondins of '92 being conspicuous. Edmond Dantès He looked at her, and his own eyes were as she had seen them once before, when upon a day she had told him that the name men called him was the silver-tongued. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Garrison could not speak in New Orleans, nor could the silver-tongued Phillips address an audience south of Mason and Dixon's line. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time She came down-stairs and then underwent the additional purgatory of listening to the silver-tongued farewell. Kept in the Dark Then it was that Mrs. Carder, poor dumb automaton, volunteered a remark; and the most silver-tongued orator could not have better pleased Geraldine with eloquence. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date We are informed that these dogs belonged to Arawn, or the silver-tongued King of Annwn, of the lower or southern regions. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Its editor for a little while was Tom Fitch, called the "silver-tongued orator of Wisconsin"—that was where he came from. Chapters from My Autobiography "Not only that, but she sent off for a silver-tongued preacher and had your funeral preached in bang-up style." Dixie Hart "The silver-tongued Becker got me—for a price—a small one," he added with a laugh, as if nothing about him was of sufficient consequence to hide. One Woman's Life The "silver-tongued orator," Rev. Thomas Guard, was in charge of the church then, and his popularity drew large audiences, who were entertained not only with oratory but music also. Sixty Years of California Song It would crumble to pieces, and the poor workingman, in the midst of anarchy and the total destruction of industry, would deeply regret having listened to the crazed imaginations of silver-tongued fanatics. The Red Conspiracy First they agreed on an umpire, the silver-tongued Nestor. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) I well remember the day that that silver-tongued orator, George William Curtis, made the dedication address. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Lloyd George is what we in America, and especially those of us born in the South, call the "silver-tongued." The War After the War Thrice has some invisible being--some silver-tongued sylph--not mentioned, I apprehend, in the nomenclature of the Rosicrusian philosophy, whispered the word ... A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three There was its superb bell tower, and its peal of silver-tongued chimes. Private Peat And in time the heroes died, all but Nestor the silver-tongued old man; and left behind them valiant sons, but not so great as they had been. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Yes, how appropriately has the great bard of Time, termed Hope 'silver-tongued.' Inez A Tale of the Alamo Now they were alone, and what a triumph would be the victor's! but the bell, the Tell of peace, the silver-tongued herald of the truce of God, had sheathed their weapons. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century His enemies called him "Fog-horn" Spinney; his admirers considered him a silver-tongued orator. The Ramrodders A Novel The initials in the title have been identified as those of Anthony Hammond, pamphleteer, small poet, and politician, whom Bolingbroke characterized as "silver-tongued Hammond." A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698) My ambition," said the silver-tongued corsair, "is to become a citizen of your great and beautiful city. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean It was between one thousand and one thousand two hundred strong, led by the "silver-tongued orator," Lawrence M. Keitt. History of Kershaw's Brigade On the contrary, he looked with mistrust on silver-tongued orators. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle A health to you, Piper, And your pipes silver-tongued, clear and sweet in their crooning! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 National Spirit The lieutenant's heroism served as a peg from which the silver-tongued ones turned themselves loose and kicked. American Notes For once blunt plain-spoken Merle was silver-tongued, and advocated her club with all the ingenuity of which she was capable. Monitress Merle My silver-tongued professor of philosophy, Dr. Ghoshal, came forward to greet me, all our past misunderstandings dissolved by the alchemist Time. Autobiography of a Yogi One night, after a lecture in the early days, Tom Fitch, the 'silver-tongued orator of Nevada,' said to me: 'Clemens, your lecture was magnificent. Mark Twain The gentleman wins ten more—ten silver-tongued song-birds, ten messengers of mirth—the price of a hard day's toil. The Winds of Chance Well, then, if anything like that happened, don't you see, we could unleash old Bill, the trained silver-tongued expert, and let him have a shot. Indiscretions of Archie This is the time, Sully,' says he, 'when old Denver has got to make good as a jollier and a silver-tongued sorcerer, or else give up all the medals he's earned.' Roads of Destiny |
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