He did not try to flatter the Queen as many others did by slighting her predecessors; on the contrary, he wrote a poem called The Mock Mourners, in which he Extolled "the glorious memory"-a phrase which he did much to bring into use-and charged those who spoke disrespectfully of William with the vilest insolence and ingratitude.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
It was last session he had made a flash speech,-an effort that his own party Extolled to the skies, and even the Opposition could only criticise the hardihood and presumption of so very young a member of the House,-and now already people had ceased to bear him in mind.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Judge Barton was also frequently Extolled as the pattern of American democracy, as, indeed, he was.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee