 ... 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 nail!  Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters - Seite 120von John Bach McMaster - 1887 - 293 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 Seiten
...and 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...for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. SECTION II. Frugality: calamities of pride, extravagance and debts. \ "So much for industry, my friends,... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 Seiten
...Keep thy shop, and thy «hop will keep thee. A little neglsct may breed great mischief—for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the...the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy—all for want of a little care about a horse shoe nail. SS. If a man would be wealthy, he must... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 Seiten
...servant, and 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...lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," heing overtaken ami slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little cine about a horse-shoe nail. HI.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1831 - 314 Seiten
...smallest ' matters, hecause sometimes, ' A little neglect may hreed great mischief;' adding, ' For want of a nail | the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the...lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;' I heing overtaken and slain hy the enemy, all for want i of care ahout a horse-shoe nail. "So much... | |
 | 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
...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 of a horse-shoe nail.—And for the want of a needlefull of thread in the tail of a gown,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1833 - 358 Seiten
...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 of care about a horse-shoe nail. " Nor is the language helped much by the pencil : the horse is falling... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1834 - 254 Seiten
...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...the rider was lost ; being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail.' SUNDRIES. 224. To white-wash a Cottage. —... | |
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