 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 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.—Franklin. nCCLVH. Fear is cousin-german,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 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. — Franklin. DCCLVII. Fear is cousin-german,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 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. SECTION II. Frugality: calamities of pride, extravagance and debts. \ "So much for industry, my friends,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 Seiten
...heing overtaken ami slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little cine about a horse-shoe nail. HI. ' So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business : but to these we nxisl arld frugality, if we would make our industry moro certainly successful. A man may, if he knows... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 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 the enemy—all for want of a little care about a horse shoe nail. SS. If a man would be wealthy, he must... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 292 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
