 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 care about a horseshoe nail.  Life of Benjamin Franklin - Seite 191von Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 224 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 Seiten
...servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. Jl 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 loas lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 Seiten
...impossible to say how widely the evil may extend. This is the spirit of a popular 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 rider was lost, being taken by his enemies ; and all for want of attention... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 96 Seiten
...eare, even in the smallest matters, beeause sometimes 'A little negleet may breed great misehief ;* adding, ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for...lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of a little eare about a horse-shoe nail. So... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 342 Seiten
...care, even in the smallest matters, because, sometimes. ' A little neglect may breed great mis4hief ; ' adding, ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for...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 cure ahout a horse-shoe nail. '... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 Seiten
...serve yourself. A little neglect may 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 overtaken and slain by the enemy ; and all for want of a little care about a horse- shoe nail.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 624 Seiten
...II. 13 I one that you like, seme yourself. Jl 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 icant of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little... | |
 | Esther Copley, afterwards COPLEY HEWLETT (Esther) - 1841 - 248 Seiten
...llichard,' A stitch in time saves nine,'—and, ' A little neglect may breed a great mischief—for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse...lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and •n by an enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe SUNDRIES. 223. To white-wash... | |
 | 1841 - 300 Seiten
...little neglect may breed great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe, tho 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 horse-shoe nail. III.... | |
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