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Definition of Extols
1. extol [v] - See also: extol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extols
Literary usage of Extols
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"He describes his infancy ; and extols the protecting care and eternal providence
of God. YET let me speak unto Thy mercy, me, " dust and ashes. ..."
2. Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism by Matthew Arnold (1869)
"... extols the earnest good sense which characterises Manchester, and supplies
the mind, the will, and the power, as the Daily News eloquently says, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"«IN QUAL PARTE DEL CIELO, IN QUALE IDEA» HE extols THE BEAUTY AND VIRTUE OF LAURA
SAY from what part of heaven 'twas Nature drew. ..."
4. The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1828)
"... takes an opportunity to justify Demosthenes, and extols hjm as a patriot for
not suffering his domestic afflictions to interfere with the good fortune ..."
5. The Life of Henry Irving by Austin Brereton (1908)
"A triumphal tour—Praise from Liverpool and Dublin—A speech in Dublin—Manchester
recognises the beauty of his Hamlet—And extols his Richelieu—Sheffield ..."
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