 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...  The Cottager's monthly visitor - Page 3181822Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1825 - 324 lehte
...mischief;' adding, ' Forwant 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 horse-shoe nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention to... | |
 | 1826 - 422 lehte
...smallest matters, because sometimes ' A little neglect may breed great mischief ;' adding, ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of aTiorse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all for... | |
 | 1826 - 440 lehte
...smallest matters, because sometimes ' A little neglect may breed great mischief;' adding, ' 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 an enemy, all for... | |
 | Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds - 1829 - 70 lehte
... . r NEATNESS AND ORDER. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN INTRODUCTION. EY THERESA TIDY. " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, " For want of a shoe the...a horse the rider was lost, " (Being overtaken and stain by the enemy,) " And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHAKD. THE TWENTIETH... | |
 | 1829 - 126 lehte
...'come boys' is better than two 'go I boys.' IA little neglect may breed a 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 man was lost. It was once asked, how are we to know a wise man from a fool ? It was answered, turn... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 lehte
...studied, but to be read.—Johnson. DCCLVI. 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 an enemy, all for want... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 lehte
...studied, but to be read. — Johnson. DCCLvI. 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 an enemy, all for want... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1829 - 228 lehte
...she's neither a Mohawk nor a Nigger ; one word may settle it all, and remember, that ' 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, b,eing overtaken and slain by the enemy",' as poor... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 lehte
...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 was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 324 lehte
...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 shop are made by machinery.... | |
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