Famous quotes containing the word praised:
“And everybody praised the Duke
Who such a fight did win.
But what good came of it at last?
Quoth little Peterkin.
Why that I cannot tell, said he,
But twas a famous victory.”
—Robert Southey (17741843)
“When her guests were awash with champagne and with gin,
She was recklessly sober, as sharp as a pin.
An abstemious man would reel at her look,
As she rolled a bright eye and praised his last book.”
—William Plomer (19031973)
“When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, Certainly this man was innocent.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 23:47.