panegyric

• The famous Ode is by no means a panegyric, and its true hero is the “Royal actor,” whom Cromwell, so the poem suggests, lured to his doom. —  Andrew Marvell
• The usual biographer is content with writing panegyric, and as he must depend for his material, and even sometimes for his eventual remuneration, on the relatives of his subject, he is from the start in a hopeless position, except, it may be, as regards the public side of the life in question. —  THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY MAITLAND
• The exultant father, from his place in the Senate, expressed his thanks to Theodoric in an oration of panegyric, which is now no longer extant, but was considered by contemporaries a masterpiece of brilliant rhetoric Footnote 129: Contained in the "Consolation of Philosophy So far all had gone well with the fortunes of Boëthius; but now, perhaps about the middle of 523, there came a great and calamitous change. —  Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation
• How happened it that he who pronounced such eloquent panegyric--that they who so devoutly inclined their ear to imbibe it--should have been all contented with That basis laid, these principles of faith Announced and yet throughout the whole course of their discussions, before and after, have forgotten apparently that there was either Christianity or a Christian Church in the world We do not hesitate to say, that the thoughtful and sincere student of this great poet's works, must regard such omission--such inconsistency or contradiction--with more than the pain of regret; for there is no relief afforded to our defrauded hearts from any quarter to which we can look. —  Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
• Your heart warms towards him as it would towards a poet who addresses you in an ode of panegyric, the kindling terms of which--a little astonishing to your friends--you believe in your heart of hearts to be the simple truth, and, in the matter of expression, not over-coloured in the very least. —  Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country

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