1850, Herman Melville, White Jacket, ch. 90:I consider, that so far as what is called military renown is concerned, the American Navy needs no eulogist but History.
1867, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn, ch. 27:I am his eulogist; but I am not in love with him. If he were to ask me to be his wife to-morrow, I should be distressed, and should refuse him.
