 | Female excellence - 1838 - Liczba stron: 240
...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...lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being taken by his enemies ; and all for want of attention to a horse-shoe nail." Let those, then, who, with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - Liczba stron: 96
...smallest matters, beeause sometimes 'A little negleet may breed great misehief ;* 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 the enemy, all for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - Liczba stron: 624
...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 care about a horse-shoe nail. " III. So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - Liczba stron: 436
...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. A man may, if he knows not how to save... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - Liczba stron: 342
...matters, because, sometimes. ' A little neglect may breed great mis4hief ; ' 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 the enemy, all for... | |
 | 1841 - Liczba stron: 300
...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. ' So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's... | |
 | Esther Copley, afterwards COPLEY HEWLETT (Esther) - 1841 - Liczba stron: 248
...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 was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and •n by an enemy, all for want... | |
 | John BROADHURST - 1842 - Liczba stron: 330
...MAXIMS OF NEATNESS AND ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction. By THERESA TIDY. " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe, the...was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHARD. The Twenty-third Edition. 18mo. price... | |
 | 1842 - Liczba stron: 194
...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 the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business ; but to these... | |
 | William Newnham - 1842 - Liczba stron: 682
...NEATNE8S AND ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction. By THERESA TIDY. " For want of a nail, the shoo was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, I Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR... | |
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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 ; 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... 
