laudator
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One would have thought the familiar note of the laudator temporis acti to be plainly audible in both these extracts.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
The laudator temperis acti is out of favour just now: the world is on the move.
From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
When or where this laudator temporis acti closed his wanderings, the author never heard with certainty; but most probably, as Burns says— "——he died a cadger-powny's death At some dike side."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829 by Various
Who was the earl whose universality of genius is described above by this "laudator temporis acti?"
From Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
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