dulciloquence

Be that as it may, certain it is, that Kemble performed both at Leicester and Gloucester, and from thence proceeded to Cheltenham, where, in conjunction with a Mr. Carlton, he produced a nouvelle entertainment; i. e. a lecture upon eloquence, by himself, and sleight of hand tricks by his coadjutor. This is perhaps the only instance on record where dulciloquence and legerdemain went hand in hand.

1825 February 12, [Catherine Elizabeth Oxberry, editor], “Memoir of John Philip Kemble”, in Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography, and Histrionic Anecdotes, volume I, London: George Virtue, […], page 109

I cannot fairly pretend such assessments to be devoid of any merit whatsoever, and I confess that I have not sought to propitiate anyone by way of my dulciloquence, since I very much regard any standard of agreeability as intrinsically dangerous to the amelioration of the ideas that must matter within the field of comparative law.

2022, Pierre Legrand, “Raising My Game – To Fail Better”, in Negative Comparative Law: A Strong Programme for Weak Thought (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 42–43