There's another funerary mural with another deceased banqueter holding an egg, this time solitary. ❋ Unknown (2008)
And indeed, these royal cup-bearers are neat-handed at their task, mixing the bowl with infinite elegance, and pouring the wine into the beakers without spilling a drop, and when they hand the goblet they poise it deftly between thumb and finger for the banqueter to take. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The glasses were emptied and a shout of applause rang from every banqueter save one. ❋ Thomas Dixon (1905)
The men regard the newcomer with that look which is given to an uninvited banqueter whose appearance is not imposing. ❋ John McGovern (1883)
"'Scuse me!" says a thick-voiced banqueter in the hall. ❋ John McGovern (1883)
She requires for each banqueter three or four items, which include the Measuring-worms, or Loopers, and the caterpillars of ordinary Moths, all of which are equally appreciated. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)
Nor was Stubb the only banqueter on whale's flesh that night. ❋ Herman Melville (1855)
To us it seems very strange how a man, when he is actually a banqueter, and at the instant of his communicating can be made in any other sort a banqueter than he is; for _quicquid est, dum est, non potest non esse_. ❋ George Gillespie (1630)
Wherefore if a man in the instant of his receiving be an unworthy banqueter, he cannot at that instant be made any other than he is. ❋ George Gillespie (1630)
I must remark, Thrasymachus, if you will recall what was previously said, that although you began by defining the true physician in an exact sense, you did not observe a like exactness when speaking of the shepherd; you thought that the shepherd as a shepherd tends the sheep not with a view to their own good, but like a mere diner or banqueter with a view to the pleasures of the table; or, again, as ❋ Unknown (2006)
Circling around the board, in time to the soft music, they crowned each of the guests, and sprinkled with rich perfumes the garments and the hair of each; and then with more animated and eccentric gestures, as the note of the flute waxed shriller and more piercing, they bounded from the banquet hall, and were succeeded by six boys with silver basins, full of tepid water perfumed with costly essences, and soft embroidered napkins, which they handed to every banqueter to wash the hands before eating. ❋ Henry William Herbert (1832)
For I must remark, Thrasymachus, if you will recall what was previously said, that although you began by defining the true physician in an exact sense, you did not observe a like exactness when speaking of the shepherd; you thought that the shepherd as a shepherd tends the sheep not with a view to their own good, but like a mere diner or banqueter with a view to the pleasures of the table; or, again, as a trader for sale in the market, and not as a shepherd. ❋ Plato (1763)
Nor was Stubb the only banqueter on whale’s flesh that night. ❋ Unknown (2002)
