| Ben Witherington (III), Ben Witherington - 2004 - 298 Seiten
...their intended destination, sometimes with disastrous results. Remember the famous saying: "For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the messenger was lost. For want of the messenger the message was lost. For... | |
| Stephen Regan - 2004 - 628 Seiten
...long-tailed shovel, an' I'll bring me navvy. We mighten' want them, an', then agen, we might: for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, an' for want of a horse the man was lost — aw, that's a darlin' proverb, a daarlin' . . . As... | |
| D.V. Rangarajan - 2004 - 172 Seiten
...Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time - Victor Hugo. 4. 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... | |
| Ann-Marie MacDonald - 2009 - 848 Seiten
...Boston tones, but she knows Mr. March said it. Mr. March explaining the domino effect: For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe, the horse was lost. . . . Walter Cronkite brought her back. "... live, from the moon." On screen, the Eagle landed,... | |
| Randy Park - 2004 - 224 Seiten
...has been understood intuitively for quite some time. For example, there is the old poem, "for want of a nail, the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe, the horse was lost, for want of a horse, the battle was lost, for want of a battle, the kingdom was lost." The Toronto... | |
| Stacey Cochran - 2004 - 208 Seiten
...peacefully to himself then sings in a raspy, blues voice, redolent of John Lee Hooker: 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; For want of... | |
| Andrea Rock - 2004 - 248 Seiten
...is also expressed in the following well-known passage from British poet George Herbert: 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; For want of... | |
| Steven E. McDonald - 2004 - 273 Seiten
...used was faulty. On the battlefield, the nail broke and the chain of consequences began. Tor want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the general was lost; for want of the general, the battle was lost' . .... | |
| Larry Briney - 2004 - 386 Seiten
...treat diseased tissue. This isn't science fiction; it's reality. Benjamin Franklin wrote: "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; and all for... | |
| Margaret Y. Chu - 2004 - 264 Seiten
...as the triple constraint. Was It the Lack of a Nail That Caused the Kingdom to Be Lost? 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, For want of... | |
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