All 4 Uses of
commendation
in
Northanger Abbey
- His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject, his rapidity of expression, and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation, but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert, and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England, his carriage the neatest, his horse the best goer, and himself the best coachman.†
Chpt 9
- But now every commendation on every subject is comprised in that one word.†
Chpt 14 *
- "While, in fact," cried his sister, "it ought only to be applied to you, without any commendation at all.†
Chpt 14
- He not only bestowed on Mr. Morland the high commendation of being one of the finest fellows in the world, but swore off many sentences in his praise.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(commendation as in: a commendation for bravery) an official award (as for bravery or service) -- usually given as formal public statement