| Lincoln did not perorate for hours, as another speaker did at the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery, and as was customary on most formal occasions in the 19th century. |
| Men of letters who were men of sense would have smiled and let Perrault perorate. |
| It has occurred to me that the orator, at these Celebration of Life Services, would find, on possibly rare occasions, that he had been left with little to perorate about. |
