 IF thou be made the master [of a feast], lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest ; take diligent care for them, and so sit down. 2 And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest be merry with them, and receive...  La Belle Assemblée - Page 101806Full view - About this book
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1850 - 396 pages
...Petronius has triclinarches. § Sirac. xixii. 1, 2: " If thou be made the master of a feast (iiyoC/iei-of), lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest ; take diligent care of them, and so sit down. And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest... | |
 | John Kitto - 1851 - 922 pages
...indicated. He is there, however, called •',-,. nV' <-n'. : — ' If thoti be made the master [of a feast], lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the...diligent care for them, and so sit down: and when thmi hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest be merry with them, and receive a crown... | |
 | Maxims - 1852 - 242 pages
...neither be tied to the expence thereof. Banquet not upon borrowing. If thou be the master of a feast, lift not thyself up ; but be among them as one of the rest. Prefer solid sense to wit ; never study to be diverting without being useful ; let no jest intrude... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1853 - 390 pages
...Petronius has triclinarches. g Sirac. xxxii. 1,2: " If thou be made the master of a feast ftyot'/ifvof), lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest ; take diligent care of them, and «o lit down. And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mavest... | |
 | George Winfred Hervey - 1853 - 398 pages
...be lost among their guests. " If," says the son of Sirach, " thou be made the master of the feast, lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest ; take diligent care of them, and so sit down. And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest... | |
 | John Kitto - 1854 - 928 pages
...indicated. He is there, however, called riyou/jfvos : — ' If thou be made the master [of a feast], lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the...when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, tliat thou mayest be merry with them, and receive a crown for thy well ordering of the feast.' AREOPAGUS,... | |
 | John Mason Neale - 1856 - 430 pages
...the people is himself, so are his officers." Ecclesiasticua xxxii. 1 : "If thou be made the master, lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the...rest ; take diligent care for them, and so sit down." Something of the same kind may be traced in the writings of Bishop Andrewes and his contemporaries,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1856 - 388 pages
...Petronius has triclinarches. § Sirac. TTTM 1,2: "If thon be made the master of a feast (fiyovfievof ), lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care of them, and so sit down. Aud when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mavest... | |
 | George Winfred Hervey - 1860 - 422 pages
...be lost among their guests. " If," says the son of Sirach, " thou be made the master of the feast, lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest ; take diligent care of them, and so sit down. And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1862 - 610 pages
...Ecclesiasticus thus describes Ms office (ch. xxxii. 1, 2) : " If thou be made the master of a feast, lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest ; take diligent caro of them, and so sit down. And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest... | |
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