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Meanings of subtle flattery in English

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Usage of subtle flattery in English
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Hence, she offers a great deal of subtle flattery to masculine self-love.
The Women of the French Salons
2
Condemnation is usually a sort of subtle flattery, so I'm not sad.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 / Little J...
3
Beverly was too true a woman not to revel in this subtle flattery.
Beverly of Graustark
4
Her subtle flattery and constant attentions made some impression on him.
Marion Arleigh's Penance / Everyday Life Library No. 5
5
It was not a very subtle flattery, but Walter was pleased.
Home Again
6
She knows that she is beautiful-stillbeautiful-andher only art is subtle flattery.
For Woman's Love
7
There was a subtle flattery about this that pleased the sheriff and the others.
The Rangeland Avenger
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It was subtle flattery, and there were reasons why it appealed to the man.
Vane of the Timberlands
9
Humor will certainly work, but not half as much as some subtle flattery and attention!
The South African
10
This subtle flattery was evidently meant to forestall reproof.
The Primadonna / A Sequel to "Fair Margaret"
11
No man can rise superior to this subtle flattery.
Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Mi...
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That is where the dangerous part of this subtle flattery lies; it is so perfectly sincere.
Mr. Hogarth's Will
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This was not subtle flattery, but the truth-Mr.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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She was not impervious to this subtle flattery.
The Mormon Prophet
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Mrs. Shiffney was a past mistress in the art of subtle flattery, when she chose to be.
The Way of Ambition
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There was subtle flattery in her tone.
The Witness
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