 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 pàgines
...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 horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being taken by his enemies ; and all for want of attention... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 96 pàgines
...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...the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of a little eare about a horse-shoe nail. So mueh for industry, my friends,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 600 pàgines
...is profitable ; for, If you tvould have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. A little, neglect may breed great mischief; for want...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 342 pàgines
...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...the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of a little cure ahout a horse-shoe nail. ' So much for industry, my friends,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 624 pàgines
...; for, If you wmdd have a faithful servant, and VOL. II. 13 I one that you like, seme yourself. Jl little neglect may breed great mischief; for want...; 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... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 pàgines
...but by the want of it. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. A little 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... | |
 | Esther Copley, afterwards COPLEY HEWLETT (Esther) - 1841 - 248 pàgines
...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...of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and •n by an enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe SUNDRIES. 223. To white-wash a Cottage.—... | |
 | 1841 - 300 pàgines
...is profitable ; for, " If you would have a faithful 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, tho horse was lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," being overtaken and slain by the... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 pàgines
...care is profitable. " If you would have a faithful servant, and one whom you like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief. For want...lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," H 4. being overtaken and slain by the enemy : all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.... | |
 | 1842 - 194 pàgines
...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...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... | |
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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 horse-shoe... 
