 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
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 Seiten
...— He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. And again, The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands; and...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 Ells - 1778 - 392 Seiten
...saved, not by faith, but by the want of it;" but a man's own care is profitable; for, "if you vroifld have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1848 - 312 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 horsa was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;* being overtaken and slain by the enemy,... | |
 | Ralph Gardiner - 1849 - 280 Seiten
...public-houses. Yet only two dozen (loaves) could be had on both sides the Tyne ! (2) " 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... | |
 | 1893 - 642 Seiten
...familiar with the proverbial proposition negativing, in a sense, the doctrine de minimii — " 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 arider [carrying despatches implied] the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...them your purse open.' Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many ; for, ' in the aftairs of this world, men are saved, not by faith, but by...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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...to oversee workmen, is to leave them your purse open." Trusting too much to others care is the rnin of many; for, „in the affairs of this world, men...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 Seiten
...serpent's egg will produce a serpent. A slight cold may terminate in consumption and death. 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. How many destructive fires occur annually through carelessness... | |
 | Word-making primer - 1854 - 82 Seiten
...free horse to death. Fain would the cat fish eat, 1 But she is loth to wet her feet. j 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. Frost and fraud both end in foul. Good words are good,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 522 Seiten
...' He that by the plough would thrive Himself must either hold or drive.' And again, ' the eye of a master will do more work than both his hands ;' and...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... | |
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