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He quotes at length from "a noble ode, called in the northern chronicles the Elogium of Hacon, by the scald Eyvynd; who, for his superior skill in poetry was called the Cross of Poets (Eyvindr Skálldaspillir), and fought in the battle which he celebrated."
The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature Conrad Hjalmar Nordby 1883
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Market Street to hear Dr. Rush pronounce an elegant and patriotic Elogium on Mr. Rittenhouse the late President of the Philosophical Society.
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 December 1796 1796
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Those lines are in fact the most complete Elogium that can be made of a man.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Burigny, Jean L De 1754
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Grotius wrote his Elogium in verse, addressed to Francis Augustus de Thou his son, and in this Poem, which was composed at the time he escaped from Antwerp to go to Paris, he appears to regret much that he had not the felicity to see his illustrious Father.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Burigny, Jean L De 1754
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Douza, John, his Elogium of Grotius when a boy, 7.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Burigny, Jean L De 1754
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Grotius wrote his _Elogium_ in verse, addressed to Francis
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Jean L��vesque de Burigny 1738
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Douza, John, his Elogium of Grotius when a boy, 7.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Jean L��vesque de Burigny 1738
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Those lines are in fact the most complete Elogium that can be made of a man.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Jean L��vesque de Burigny 1738
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The English read with the highest satisfaction, and translated into their tongue, the Elogium of Sir Isaac Newton, which M. de Fontenelle spoke in the Academy of Sciences.
Letters on England 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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This high Elogium of your self, and of your great Work, from so renowned an Antiquary, as it is a great Defence and Commendation of the
An apology for the study of northern antiquities Elizabeth Elstob 1719
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