| Any panegyrical reference to this feat is worth it, even assuming that Kumble is not the first but the second Indian to reach this milestone. |
| His work On Justinian's Buildings, was composed at the emperor's behest, and is panegyrical in tone. |
| It is rather satirical than panegyrical in character, and its poetical worth is very far from high. |
| But in these panegyrical orations, they oftimes rather exceed than excel. |
| The whole mythological and legendary heritage is condensed in allusions found in lyrical and panegyrical poetry. |
| The official history of this period is rendered almost worthless by its sustained note of panegyrical laudation. |
