 | 1826 - 422 Seiten
...If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.* And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters,...want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of aTiorse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1829 - 228 Seiten
...she's neither a Mohawk nor a Nigger ; one word may settle it all, and remember, that ' for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse...was lost, b,eing overtaken and slain by the enemy",' as poor Richard says." " Your advice comes too late ; our disagreement is of a nature that cannot be... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...studied, but to be read. — Johnson. DCCLvI. A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse...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,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 Seiten
...studied, but to be read.—Johnson. DCCLVI. A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse...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,... | |
 | 1829 - 126 Seiten
...'come boys' is better than two 'go I boys.' IA little neglect may breed a 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 man was lost. It was once asked, how are we to know a wise man from a... | |
 | Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds - 1829 - 70 Seiten
... . r NEATNESS AND ORDER. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN INTRODUCTION. EY 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 stain by the enemy,) " And all... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 Seiten
...Keep thy shop, and thy «hop will keep thee. A little neglsct may breed great mischief—for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the...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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 Seiten
...servant, and one that you like, serve yourself; a little neglect may breed great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the...lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," heing overtaken ami slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little cine about a horse-shoe nail. HI.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 324 Seiten
...threepence." M. Say's story is one of the many examples of the truth of the old proverb -— " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the man was lost." Nearly all the infinite variety of articles in an ironmonger's... | |
 | 1832 - 586 Seiten
...breed 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,... | |
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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 the want of a little care about a horseshoe nail! 
