 | Daniel Wilson - 1845 - 586 Seiten
...late MRS. GRAHAM. " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; Fi>r 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 - 1846 - 320 Seiten
...hecause sometimes 'A little neglect may hreed great mischief ;' adding, 'Fir 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;' heing overtaken and slain hy the enemy, all for want of care ahout a horse-shoe nail. "So much for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 Seiten
...sometimes, " A little neglect may hreed 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 ; heing overtaken and slain hy the enemy — all for want of care ahout a horse-shoe nail." So much... | |
 | Hickey, William - 1846 - 134 Seiten
...old story, " that for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of .•i shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy!" Be clean in your persons, ye women especially ; tidily dressed like farmers' wives and daughters ;... | |
 | William Andrus Alcott - 1847 - 510 Seiten
...evils sometimes result from a slight neglect. The trite saying — " 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" — will, however, illustrate this part of my subject. Had the single nail which was omitted — the... | |
 | Margaret Fraser Tytler - 1847 - 388 Seiten
...by 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,... | |
 | Theodora Elizabeth Lynch - 1847 - 148 Seiten
...by 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 the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard. Twenty-fourth Edition. 18mo. sewed,... | |
 | Household prayers - 1847 - 108 Seiten
...by 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,... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1847 - 408 Seiten
...by 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,... | |
 | James Garbett - 1847 - 472 Seiten
...Introduction by THERESA TJDY. "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,... | |
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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. 
