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Example sentences for "praises"

Lexicographically close words:
prairie; prairies; praise; praised; praiser; praiseth; praiseworthiness; praiseworthy; praising; praist
  1. He greatly praises the goodness and piety of the people of Grenoble and particularly of the ladies.

  2. They reached the cathedral, entered, and, after singing praises and hymns, raised the coffin lid.

  3. No doubt there are to-day singing praises before the throne of God, hundreds of martyrs from this nation.

  4. They would enter fire singing praises to God, believing their shed blood would be the seed of the church.

  5. The thought put her in a bad humor, so she scarcely heard the praises that Doña Victorina was heaping upon her own favorite.

  6. Si tripa plena laudal Deum, tripa famelica laudabit fratres--if the full stomach praises God, the hungry stomach will praise the friars.

  7. Or how are you sure your Friend, the infallible Judge to whom you read your fine Piece, might be sincere in the Praises he gave it?

  8. Thus one of the greatest Praises given to Virgil is, that no Successor in Poetry came so near Him as He himself did to Homer.

  9. Muhammedan tradition is full of the praises of wisdom, which it also originally regarded as the basis of religion.

  10. In spite of that his successors praise poverty and their praises were the best of evidence that they were influenced not by the prophet himself but by Christianity.

  11. While the traditions are full of the praises of poverty and the dangers of wealth, assertions in praise of wealth also occur, for the reason that the pure Muhammedan ideas opposed to Christianity retained a certain influence.

  12. It was easy for them to imagine themselves on the side of order; they became anxious to help the soldiers, and were loud in their praises of them.

  13. Such men, loud in their praises of the Duke, set the crowd about them thinking of the Duke's enemies.

  14. Out of her childish admiration for the boy had grown a kind of poetic interest in the man, more than fostered by the great popularity enjoyed by Wessex, and the praises of his personality sung on every side.

  15. Her dear father, I fear me, was wont to sing my praises in her childish ears; now that she hath arrived at years of discretion, my very name must have become an obsession to her.

  16. Have not all the rhymesters of the period sung the praises of her eyes?

  17. I have heard Flaminio speak her praises with such warmth That I am eager to hear more of her And of her brilliant court.

  18. Nearly the same may be said with regard to all the praises that we hear bestowed on men in power.

  19. How are young people not to think that the praises bestowed on these persons are just?

  20. Truly had she merited the praises which the young backwoodsman had oft lavished upon her.

  21. I leave it to other lips to symbol the praises of thy sister-- The Wild Huntress.

  22. I had attributed his praises to the partiality of a lover's eye-- having not the slightest suspicion that their object was possessed of such merits.

  23. Cotoner felt called upon to second the prelate's praises with discreet words of approval.

  24. But there was an expression of such humble supplication in the Hungarian's little eyes, he showered him with so many praises of his great triumphs, expatiating on the success that his picture Man Overboard!

  25. He had cast a glance at his picture surrounded by the solid columns of his speech but he had put off reading the praises until later.

  26. He explained to the man and wife their duties and expatiated, with oratorical fire, in his praises of their families.

  27. The blacksmith with a flush of satisfaction accepted all the praises that were showered on the little fellow as if they belonged in large part to himself.

  28. O thou who art commemorating the praises of God!

  29. All else save this is but imagination, though it be the praises of all people in thy behalf; because all else is of no result and bears no fruit.

  30. Give my compliments and my praises to thy estimable husband; my greeting and praise to thee.

  31. Whenever one praises them, the heart is dilated and the soul is rejoiced.

  32. He praises the beloved of God and His maid-servants and adorns the ears with the pearls of praiseworthy actions and good qualities of the elect and the faithful.

  33. Today, the greatest of all titles and praises are firmness and steadfastness, for the tests and trials are of the utmost intensity.

  34. Verily I read thy excellent letter which contained thy praises of the Supreme Lord.

  35. Thou art, O my God, exalted and sanctified from all praises and glorification, O Thou, my beloved!

  36. We can never do justice to the warmth of their applause, and the praises they all bestowed on our squadron.

  37. O be joyful in God, all ye lands: sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious.

  38. O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious: O sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely.

  39. Praise the Lord, O my soul; while I live will I praise the Lord: yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God.

  40. I will offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness; I will sing and speak praises unto the Lord.

  41. Praise the Lord with harp: sing praises unto him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings.

  42. That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

  43. I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

  44. Sing unto the Lord a new song: sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage.

  45. For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles: and sing praises unto thy Name.

  46. O praise the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God: yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.

  47. Let them praise his Name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp.

  48. Others of the more learned in songs also celebrated his praises in a sort of ballad, which I take to have been written by some Irish loyalist.

  49. Shy and retiring, and diffident as to his own powers, with a deeply affectionate nature, he was equally prone to singing the praises of his friends, and to disparaging himself.

  50. Linnaeus is also criticised in the Vegetable System, more particularly for his unnecessary introduction of new names for plants; but here again Hill is full of praises for Linnaeus's descriptions of species.

  51. Pulteney[81] found it difficult "to reconcile the praises this author bestows on Linnaeus, in many of his writings, with the censures contained in his British Herbal.

  52. The troubadour who knew his business would begin with praises of his beloved; she is physically and morally perfect, her beauty illuminates the night, her presence heals the sick, cheers the sad, makes the boor courteous and so forth.

  53. This fact is in striking contrast with the loud praises of the Spanish courts.

  54. Richard followed her example; his praises are repeated by many troubadours.

  55. Of the many ladies whose praises were sung or whose favours were desired by troubadours, the majority were married.

  56. In [113] another poem he sings the praises of Sancha, daughter of Alfonso VIII.

  57. We had read unbounded praises of him in the St. Louis papers.

  58. These praises were not the extravagances of a few uncritical admirers; they echo the verdict of the age.

  59. Those were the days of his success, the happiest period of his life when, as secretary to the Lord Chamberlain and associate of the highest in the land, he breathed his native atmosphere, the praises and flattery of a fickle world of fashion.

  60. Parties of all sorts were got up for their amusement, and guests were invited to meet them--Voules taking good care to sing the praises of his friend.

  61. There was great enthusiasm among the men, who were loud in their praises of the young leader who had followed the fleeing Indians far beyond the regions where they had believed he would be able to make his way or to discover their trail.

  62. The friendship between the two deepened with the years, and among those who were loudest in their praises of the scout when he had become most famous was Reuben Benton of St. Louis.

  63. He wrote further in its praises thus: "Etretat is a new province which either I or the painters Le Pottevin and Isabey have discovered.

  64. Walter Scott and Victor Hugo have both sung the praises of the house and graced its board, and it should be seen by travellers.


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