 | 1821 - 24 Seiten
...servant, end 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 horse wag lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken »nd slain by the enemy ;... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 Seiten
...servant, ami 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 horse...overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail." III. So much for industry my friends, aud attention to one's... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 Seiten
...one that you like, — serve yourself.' 23. A little neglect may breed great mischief; ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the...overtaken and slain by the enemy : all for want of u little care about a horse- shoe nail." CHAP. V. Poor Richard, or the Way to Wealth. • CONTINUED.... | |
 | 1843 - 684 Seiten
...simplicity contents itself with being so. * TAKE CARE IN TIME. THERE is an 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." Mons. Say, an able French writer on political economy,... | |
 | 1822 - 588 Seiten
...a horse's shoe at the proper time, may afford a seasonable hint on the same subject. " 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... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 Seiten
...you like, — serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,...overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.' III. 'So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's... | |
 | 1837 - 396 Seiten
...heart, and all because of an indiscreet question. No, Fred, no ; I 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... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 Seiten
...one that you like, serve yourself.' 19 " ' A little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse...overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. SECTION II. Frugality: calamities of pride, extravagance and... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 Seiten
...servant, and one that you like, serve your"lt A little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the...overtaken and slain by the enemy : all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own... | |
 | 1826 - 440 Seiten
...again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes ' A little neglect may breed great mischief;' adding,...the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe .nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention... | |
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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, 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 horseshoe... 
