17. THE DOG IN THE MANGER. A churlish, pampered Cur, who had a comfortable place in a gentleman's well-filled Manger, would from thence snap and snarl to frighten off all poor beasts of draught and burden who passed that way — driven by the hardness of the time of year to beg for provender they could not earn by labour in the fields. This Dog wanted for nothing himself, and yet took an ill-natured pleasure in keeping poor famishing creatures from many a meal, which, but for his officious yelping, they might have enjoyed from his Master's bounty.
MORAL. There would be sunshine in many a poor man's house, but for officious, go-between window-shutters. [more info]
MORAL. There would be sunshine in many a poor man's house, but for officious, go-between window-shutters. [more info]
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