There was a time when I played the fool, used honeyed language, bowed and scraped.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma
I notice that disagreeable news is generally brought by smiling faces and honeyed words.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
She, too, learned to plot and to scheme, to play off enemy against enemy, and to attempt to win over a chivalrous foe by honeyed words.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes