Because the collection is thematically unconnected and chronologically disordered, Nixon and Rodgers conclude that " it served no political or historical purpose ", and was simply a tool for students and practitioners of panegyrical rhetoric.
12.
Gregory received him with the highest honour; and delivered a panegyrical oration ( " Oration 25 " ), in the man's own presence in full church, before the celebration of the Eucharist.
13.
Instead of offering a more typical treatment of laws, institutions, and important political achievements, the book struck a decidedly panegyrical tone, portraying Frederick as a tragic hero and the idealized embodiment of the German nation.
14.
Several panegyrical accounts of the battle were sent to Rome . " The Polish message was similar to Bomhover's : the Muscovites are not Christians; they are cruel and barbaric; they are Asians and not Europeans; they are in league with Turks and the Tatars to destroy Christendom ".
15.
During his years in Moscow, Symeon continued to develop an imperial style of panegyrical verse, rife with protracted tirades, which were enlivened by occasional allusions to classical mythology . " With Simeon, a whole museum of ancient gods, muses, heroes, authors, and philosophers entered Russian literature ".
16.
The name Ascham could be more properly spelt Askham, being derived from Edward Grant ( 1540s 1601 ), headmaster of the venerable and still extant Royal College of St . Peter at Westminster better known as Westminster School who collected and edited his letters and delivered a panegyrical oration on his life in 1576.
17.
On the occasion of the peace of Nystad ( 1721 ), which terminated the Great Northern War's 21 years of struggle between Russia and Sweden, Bestuzhev designed and had minted a commemorative medal with a panegyrical Latin inscription, which so delighted Peter ( then at Derbent ) that he sent a letter of thanks written in his own hand along with his portrait.
