panegyrical

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A somewhat panegyrical biography�� and a scholarly travel book�� concerning Edward of Wales are current.

From Time Magazine Archive

From these gazettes could be collected “a greater number of panegyrical paragraphs upon ‘le grand Franklin’ than upon any other man that ever lived.”

From The True Benjamin Franklin by Fisher, Sydney George

An epitaph is indeed commonly panegyrical, because we are seldom distinguished by a stone but by our friends,” says Dr. Johnson.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Varchi committed his oration to the press, and two other panegyrical discourses were issued, under the names of Leonardo Salviati and Giovan Maria Tarsia.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington

I met with it among the host of panegyrical verses prefixed to Master Tom Coryate's Crudities, published in 1611.

From Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various