panegyrical

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

From Time Magazine Archive

This piece proved the precursor of the series of panegyrical poems which compose the bulk of his writings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Thus closed a life to which the panegyrical exclamation of Milton happily applies: O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious evidence, example high.

From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)

One would have imagined that the writer of his own panegyrical epitaph would have been careful to have transmitted to posterity a copy of his features; but I know of no portrait of Toland.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

Pope sent this ironical, panegyrical criticism on Phillips anonymously to the “Guardian,” and Steele not perceiving the drift, hesitated to publish it, till Pope advised it.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac