The effect of this Laudation of virginity upon the women who chose to remain in the world was equally detrimental to good morals.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
We might have ridden about a league and a half-it is difficult to judge distance in thick cover and over broken ground, when the pace is so constantly varied-our guide's confidence began to return, and, with it, his weakness for self-Laudation.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence
And as he read each stanza, with its Laudation of some lovely lady that was one of the living graces and glories of our city, those that spelled the cryptic riddle of its meaning clapped their hands for pleasure and turned their eyes to where the lady thus bepraised stood and smiled at her, and she, delighted, would bridle and fidget with her fan and seek to maintain herself as if she did not care one whit for what in reality she prized very highly.
"The God of Love"
Justin Huntly McCarthy