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[13] Samuel Croxall echoes L'Estrange's observation in Fables of Aesop and Others (1722). "The stronger the passion is, the greater torment he endures; and subjects himself to a continual real pain, by only wishing ill to others." [14] It is with this understanding that the idiom of "a dog in a manger" is most often used currently. However, a ...
The Mischievous Dog; The Miser and his Gold; Momus criticizes the creations of the gods; The Moon and her Mother; The Mountain in Labour; The Mouse and the Oyster; The North Wind and the Sun; The Oak and the Reed; The Old Man and Death; The Old Man and his Sons; The Old Man and the Ass; The Old Woman and the Doctor; The Old Woman and the Wine-jar
Perry 532. The Old Dog and the Hunter Perry 533. The Ape and the Fox Perry 534. Mercury and the Two Women Perry 535. Prometheus and Guile Perry 536. On Apollo's Oracle Perry 537. Aesop and the Writer Perry 538. Pompey and his Soldier Perry 539. Juno, Venus, and the Hen Perry 540. The Bullock and the Old Ox Perry 541. Aesop and the Victorious ...
The Dog and Its Reflection (or Shadow in later translations) is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 133 in the Perry Index. [1] The Greek language original was retold in Latin and in this way was spread across Europe, teaching the lesson to be contented with what one has and not to relinquish substance for shadow.
The Dog in the Manger or The Gardener's Dog (Spanish: El Perro del Hortelano [el ˈpero ðel oɾteˈlano]) is a 1618 play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. Its title refers to the proverb of the dog in the manger – it is an adaptation of a Spanish version of the story which deals with the emotional complications of class conflict. The ...
Fabill 6 (The Sheep and the Dog) is the third of the Aesopian tales in the Morall Fabillis. Of the thirteen poems in the cycle, it is one of the most starkly written and the adaptation of its source (Aesop's The Sheep and the Dog) is not at all straightforward. Henryson's version portrays the relationship between the two figures in terms of a ...
A painting of the fable in a Greek manuscript, c.1470. The Cock, the Dog and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables and appears as number 252 in the Perry Index.Although it has similarities with other fables where a predator flatters a bird, such as The Fox and the Crow and Chanticleer and the Fox, in this one the cock is the victor rather than victim.
Aesop's Fables: The Smothers Brothers Way is the seventh comedy album by the Smothers Brothers (released March 15, 1965, on Mercury Records). It reached number 57 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. Seven of Aesop 's more famous stories and morals are related in this album (or what are intended to be his fables but are often overshadowed by the ...