extolment
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Her coquettish displeasure and the asperity of her accent contrasted so oddly with her vehemently expressed attachment for her husband and extolment of his virtues, that Mrs. Sutton regarded her in speechless amazement.
From At Last by Harland, Marion
A forcing Adamant: Love, mixt with fear and doubtful jealousy, Whether report guilded a worthless trunk, Or Amadine deserved her high extolment.
From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
Culture then is the extolment of our being, the formation of our spirit, or better, its liberation and its beatification.
From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni
It is not possible to conceive knowledge otherwise than as living knowledge, and as the extolment of our 109 own personality.
From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni
A forcing adamant: Love, mix'd with fear and doubtful jealousy: Whether report gilded a worthless trunk, Or Amadine deserved her high extolment.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
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