 | 1832 - 586 Seiten
...much mischief: 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, all for the want of a horse-shoe nail.—And for the want of a needlefull of thread in the tail of a gown,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1833 - 358 Seiten
...Dr. Franklin. " 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, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. " Nor is the language helped much by the pencil : the horse is falling... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 Seiten
...great mischief: 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...for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail." MEMOIRS OP opposition suppressed, and the whole country quieted. That the true etate of affairs there... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 310 Seiten
...adding, ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was tost : and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, ail for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention to... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1834 - 254 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.' SUNDRIES. 224. To white-wash a Cottage. —... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1835 - 262 Seiten
...shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the ( horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, f being overtaken and slain by the enemy: all for want...friends, and attention to one's own business; but to tliese we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 Seiten
...lost, and for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost,,, heing overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little eare abont a horse -shoe nail. " IIL So mnch for indnstry, my friends, and attention to one's own bnsiness;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1837 - 356 Seiten
...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...for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. ' So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business ; but to these we must add... | |
 | 1837 - 352 Seiten
...mischief : — 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 ; all for want of care about a horse-shoe-nail. — Franklin. 790. A Shepherd's Philosophy. — I know the more one sickens,... | |
 | Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds - 1838 - 66 Seiten
...THERESA 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 tlie enemy,) " And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHARD. THE TWENTY-THIRD EDITION.... | |
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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... 
