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Of poetry, because its orators do perorare with a song; and because, climbing up by slow degrees, fate is sure to turn them off before they can reach within many steps of the top; and because it is a preferment attained by transferring of propriety and a confounding of meum and tuum.
A Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift 1706
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**** Of Pdeiry, becaufe its Orators do perorare with a Song; and be - caufe climbing up by flow Degrees, Fate is fure to turn them off before they can reach within many Steps of the Top: And becaufe it is a Preferment attained by transferring of Propriety, and a confomid* ing of Meum and Taum.
A Tale of a Tub: Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which ... 1704
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_perorare_ (= to plead in court) and _exorare_ (= to win over his mother by prayer).
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
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