panegyrical

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Whence flow the panegyrical melodies that precede the march of these heroes?

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

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

What have philosophers to do with festive celebrities, and panegyrical solemnities with mathematical and physical truth?

From Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American by Eliot, Charles William

Birmingham, indeed, has recently been styled "the best governed city in the world"—a title that is, perhaps, a trifle too full and panegyrical to find ready and general acceptance.

From A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Anderton, Thomas