 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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' . .... | |
 | Paul Andre Harris, Michael Crawford - 2004 - 278 Seiten
...consequences in a very entertaining manner referring to Mother Goose (1968, p. 54 ff): 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... | |
 | Jeffrey A. Hirsch, Yale Hirsch, Hirsch Organization - 2004 - 196 Seiten
...without loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill (British statesman, 1874-1965) THURSDAY 11 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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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... 
