panegyrical
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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 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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
I do not say every thing fulsome, but every thing panegyrical, has already been written out, with blanks for names, to be filled when the convention shall adjourn.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster
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 John Addington Symonds
Was ever more panegyrical language used in biography?
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
