| 1821 - 24 pągines
...by the want of it :" but a man's own care is profitable ; if you would have a faithful servant, end one that you like — serve yourself. A little neglect...breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse wag lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pągines
...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 bj the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-siloe nail. " IK. So much for industry,... | |
| Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 pągines
...the want of it; but a man's own care is profitable;" for, <lif you would have a faithful servant, ami one that you like, serve yourself. A little neglect...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... | |
| 1822 - 588 pągines
...on the same subject. " 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,) And all for want of care about a Itorse-sfwe nail." I am, Sir, Your constant Reader, LUCY J ADVANTAGE... | |
| William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 pągines
...saved, not by faith, but by the want of it ;' but ' a man's own care is profitable ;' for, ' If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, — serve yourself.' 23. A little neglect may breed great mischief; ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pągines
...to leave them your purse open.* Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many; for, 'If you would have a faithful servant, 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... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 pągines
...care is profitable ; for, If you would have * fiithful servant, and one that you like, serve your"lt 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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1825 - 324 pągines
...riches to the careful, as well as power to the bold, and heaven to the virtuous." Aud, farther, ' If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.' And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes,... | |
| 1826 - 440 pągines
...riches to the careful, as well as power to the bold, and heaven to the virtuous.' And, further, ' If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.' And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes... | |
| 1826 - 422 pągines
...riches to the careful, as well as power to the bold, and heaven to the virtuous.' And, further, ' If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.* And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes... | |
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