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  • Any remarkable degree of paleness seems inconsistent with the rubor mentioned in Panegyric, v. 19.] 12 Julian, the grandson of

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • But the first reference in print to the name that has endured was penned by the irrepressible libertine John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, in a poem written in 1665 entitled A Panegyric upon Cundum.

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  • Besides this there is a quiet, pure, and cultivated life which produces a calm and gentle old age, such as we have been told Plato's was, who died at his writing-desk in his eighty-first year; or like that of Isocrates, who says that he wrote the book called The Panegyric in his ninety-fourth year, and who lived for five years afterwards; while his master Gorgias of Leontini completed a hundred and seven years without ever relaxing his diligence or giving up work.

    Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Marcus Tullius Cicero 1874

  • Rees, Layers of Loyalty in Latin Panegyric, ad 289–307 Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, 168–71 on the “truth” of the panegyricist’s claim.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • Trajan, who had no children, had continually delayed to settle the succession to the throne, though Pliny, in the "Panegyric" had pointedly drawn his attention to the matter, and it must have caused the Senate much anxiety.

    Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

  • Secund. in Panegyric.] 37 Felicior Augusto, Melior

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • But he has written several books, including Extraterrestrial Sex Fetish, Necrophilia Variations, and Perversity Think Tank, which are a combination of philosophy and science fiction, as well as Horror Panegyric, an appreciation of the three dystopian Lord Horror novels by David Britton and Michael Butterworth.

    Jan Herman: Definitive 'Flowers of Evil' Web Site Jan Herman 2011

  • Panegyric,” O'Malley explains, “is the painting of an idealized portrait in order to excite admiration and appropriation.”

    Jesuit: Obama is "the most effective spokesperson" for "the spirit of Vatican II" 2009

  • But he has written several books, including Extraterrestrial Sex Fetish, Necrophilia Variations, and Perversity Think Tank, which are a combination of philosophy and science fiction, as well as Horror Panegyric, an appreciation of the three dystopian Lord Horror novels by David Britton and Michael Butterworth.

    Jan Herman: Definitive 'Flowers of Evil' Web Site Jan Herman 2011

  • Speaking up in response were Hamilton and James Wilson, who delivered “a copious defense & Panegyric of Mr. Morris.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

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