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" A dog was lying upon a manger full of hay. An ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay ; but the envious, illnatured cur, getting up and snarling at him, would not suffer him to touch it. Upon which, the ox in the bitterness of his heart... "
The Fables of Aesop: Based on the Texts of L'Estrange and Croxall - Page 56
by Aesop - 1903 - 230 pages
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Fables of Aesop and Others

Aesop - Fables - 1788 - 382 pages
...injured and betrayed them? JE SOP's FABLES. 219 FA B. CXXIX. The Dog in the Manger. ADOG was lying upon a Manger full of Hay. '**' An Ox being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the Hay ; but the envious ill-natured Cur, getting up and fnarling at him, would...
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A New Work of Animals: Principally Designed from the Fables of Æsop, Gay ...

Animal painting and illustration - 1811 - 304 pages
...his coming off, in other respects, with a whole skin. I 2 The DOG in the MANGER. A DOG was lying upon a Manger full of hay : an Ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay ; but the envious, ill-natured Cur, getting up and snarling at him, would...
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Fables: Original and Selected, by the Most Esteemed European and Oriental ...

George Moir Bussey - Fables - 1842 - 608 pages
...hands, and was that day made part of a public entertainment. THE DOG IN THE MANGER. A DOO was lying upon a manger full of hay ; an ox, being hungry, came near and offered to eat of it ; but the envious, ill-natured cur, getting up and snarling at him, would not...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...hungry ox to eat it." This comparison may be converted into a fable as follows : " A dog was lying upon a manger full of hay. An ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay ; but the envious, illnatured cur, getting np and snarling at him, would...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...hungry ox to eat it." This comparison may be converted into a fable as follows : " A dog was lying upon a manger full of hay. An ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay; but the envious, illnatured cur, getting np and snarling at him, would not...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...hun-gry ox to eat it." This comparison may be converted into a fable as follows: " A dog was lying upon a manger full of hay. An ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay; but the envious, illnatured cur, getting up and snarling at him, would not...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...hungry ox to eat it." This comparison may be converted into a fable as follows : " A dog was lying upon a manger full of hay. An ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay; but the envious, ilt natnred cur, getting up and snarling at him, would...
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Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades

Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 pages
...hungry ox to cat it." This comparison may be converted into a fable as follows : " A dog was lying upon a manger full of hay. An ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay ; but the envious, illnatured cur, getting up and snarling at him, would...
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Æsop's fables. [110 fables, tr. by S. Croxall].

Aesopus - 1861 - 254 pages
...the least farthing for public charity and beneficence. THE DOG IN THE MANGER. A DOG was lyins upon a manger full of hay. An Ox, being hungry- came near, and offered to eat of the hay ; but the envious ill natured Cur, getting up and snarling at him, would...
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Fables of Æsop and Others

Aesop - Fables - 1863 - 372 pages
...who baa •nee injured and betrayed tlr.ra? FAB. CXXIX. The Dog in the Manger. A l)og was laying upon a manger full of hay. An Ox being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay ; but the envious ill-natured cur, getting up and snarling at him, would...
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