 | Charles Knight - 1859 - 526 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 great variety of articles in an ironmonger's... | |
 | Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) - 1874 - 1144 Seiten
...agreed that everything which can add to its power at a moderate price should be given. " For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost." That English soldiers, whether artillerymen or not, will make the best of what they have, may... | |
 | 1861 - 798 Seiten
...come under the eye of the surgeon, but it certainly is no triflle. An old nursery rhyme, " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost," &c., aptly illustrates its importance. This small affection, as it seems, is considered good... | |
 | Gustav C. E. Weber, Edward Bruce Stevens, John A. Murphy - 1861 - 776 Seiten
...come under the eye of the surgeon, but it certainly is no triflle. An old nursery rhyme, " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost," <fec., aptly illustrates its importance. This small affection, as it seems, is considered good... | |
 | Henry Stevens (Jr.) - 1862 - 456 Seiten
...Care, even in the final It-ft Mutters, becanfe fumetimes a little Nfjflfft may breed great Mhrhlef; adding For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost ; for want of a Shoe the Horsewas lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and flain by the Enemy,... | |
 | 1862 - 1096 Seiten
...at a wayside inn, and there he died. So for want of a nail, says the old story, a shoe was lost; and for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the man was lost." "That is all very well for a story," said ileeves. " No man would have been such a fool... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 270 Seiten
...broke one of his legs. fanner to himself, " comes from neglect of a horse-shoe nail." 8. For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe the horse was lost ; For want of the horse the man got lost ; And all, for want of a horse-shoe nail. QUESTIONS.... | |
 | 1862 - 582 Seiten
...MAY BE LOST BY rr. — " A little neglect," says Franklin, " may occasion 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 slain by the enemy ; all for the... | |
 | George Bott Churchill WATSON - 1862 - 178 Seiten
...has frequently reminded our companions in a ramble, of poor Richard's terse couplet — " 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 : All for want of a horse-shoe nail." 38. There is an... | |
 | 1863 - 858 Seiten
...man to plow it." William thanked him heartily, and said he should be very glad indeed. ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For «ant of a horse the rider was lost, And all for want of a horseshoe-nail,' " said the old... | |
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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, For want of a rider, the battle was lost. 
