1600 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 80 Piramus is a sweete fac't man.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe iii. ii, in (1647) sig. Oov/2 Good sweet fact serving-man.
1885 ‘H. Conway’ 168 A pale, sweet-faced woman,..who was dressed as a Sister of Charity.
1981 M. Warner xiii. 267 The young Joan of Arc, the sweet-faced child of hagiography.