panegyrics

• Once, when walking with his sister through some churchyard, he inquired anxiously, “Where do the naughty people lie?” the unqualified panegyrics which he encountered on the tombstones doubtless suggesting the inquiry. —  Charles Lamb
• From the beginning of this war, which you observe is an unfortunate one to Great Britain, the proceedings of the British troops have been hitherto so far from evincing benevolence of disposition, that your long absence~[1] from the scene of action is the only way I have to account for your panegyrics. —  Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
• Sa'di is also renowned for his lyric poetry and his panegyrics (written works of praise), composed in both Persian and Arabic. —  Iranian doxdo (www.doxdo.com)
• These consisted mainly of chronicles and panegyrics, and twelve books of miscellanies called Varić. —  Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
• Her personal appearance, it is true, was a favorite subject for the encomium of poets; but her portraits fail to justify their panegyrics, and convey no impression of beauty. —  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)

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