 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1847 - 408 Seiten
...THERESA T<DY. "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard. Twenty-fourth Edition. Ittrao. sewed,... | |
 | Margaret Fraser Tytler - 1847 - 388 Seiten
...THERESA TIDK. " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard. Twenty-fourth Edition. Iftmo. sewed,... | |
 | Household prayers - 1847 - 108 Seiten
...THERBSA TIDY. "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) • And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard. Twenty-fourth Edition. 18mo. sewed,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 Seiten
...mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, and for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost," being overtaken and...slain by the enemy; all for want of a little- care abont a horse shoe nail. III. "So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business;... | |
 | Ralph Gardiner - 1849 - 280 Seiten
...Tyne ! (2) " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and...by the enemy, all for want of a little care about a horse-shoenail." BENJAMIN FKANKLIN. hindered by the tyrannical power of the mayor and burgesses of... | |
 | 350 Seiten
...mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ? and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and...for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.' But it is not much use being industrious and careful, if we are not frugal; Poor Richard says,' A fat... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...mischief: for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost, being overtaken and...for want of a little care about a horse-shoe naiL" • JOEL BARLOW. 1755 — 1812. Joel Barlow was a native of Connecticut, and was graduated at Yale... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 Seiten
...mischief; for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by an enemy, — all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. 636. NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORLY. Good fences... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, and for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and...for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. " 3. So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business. But to these we must add... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 Seiten
...adding, ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for \v.int of a horse the rider was lost;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. •• S i much for industry, my friends, and attention to otu-'s own... | |
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A little neglect may breed great mischief; adding, for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for, want of a little care about a... 
