self-laudation
- a word derived from laudation.
Example Sentences
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The authorship of the notes is placed beyond doubt by a letter of Guarini's, otherwise it might have been doubted whether even he could have been guilty of the fulsome self-laudation they contain.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
Of course it is difficult to keep such archives within reasonable limits, but here again I am not afraid of self-laudation so much as of self-depreciation.
From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
This tendency did not escape Guarini, who, when not led into puerilities by his love of self-laudation, often shows considerable insight.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
I might corrupt some immaculate soul, inspire some actor or actress, singer or songstress, with an itch for public self-laudation, a foible from which they are all at present so free.
From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles
This kind of self-laudation benefits the hearer, and changes his opinion.
From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard
