 A little neglect may breed 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 want of a little care about a horse-shoe...  Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters - Seite 120von John Bach McMaster - 1896 - 293 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 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... | |
 | 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
...good in the middle. I hope I don't intrude. Your humble servant, TG" " A little neglect may 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... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 292 Seiten
...business seemingly trivial occasioned death." How much better this is told by 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... | |
 | 1833 - 336 Seiten
...is the ruin of many ; for, " in the affairs of this world, men are saved, not by faith, but by thé want of it;" but a man's own care is profitable; for,...breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, and for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost," being... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1833 - 392 Seiten
...business seemingly trivial, occasioned death." How much better this is told by 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 Seiten
...violence, acts of parliament ; acts of parliament, a revolt. '* A little nee led" says poor Richard, ivert t heir attention from study, became better acquainted with books ; and in a few years were lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost ; being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 310 Seiten
...smallest matters, because sometimes, ' 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 tost : and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, ail for... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1837 - 410 Seiten
...heart, and all because of an indiscreet question. No, Fred, no ; 1 am wiser than that. 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, and all for want — no, Fred, no. I have just introduced... | |
 | 1837 - 352 Seiten
...— Dr S. Johnson. 789. Neglect. — A little neglect may breed 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 want... | |
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