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He is an arrogant commender of his own things; for whatsoever he shews you is the best in the town, though the worst in his shop.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

One is commended, and, unseen, he is loved: doth this love enter the heart of the hearer from the mouth of the commender?

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)

Had the Cabinet such a watchful and industrious exponent and commender as Callisthenes, never wearying, except possibly on Sunday, its success would be certain.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 by Various

For hence he is loved who is commended, when the commender is believed to extol him with an unfeigned heart; that is, when one that loves him, praises him.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)

Mary was at last provoked to tell me, that praise, lavished in the way that I lavished it, could do no credit either to the commended or the commender.

From Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Godwin, William