| Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 pàgines
...servant, ami 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 the horse...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.... | |
| 1822 - 588 pàgines
...a horse's shoe at the proper time, may afford a seasonable hint 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... | |
| 1843 - 684 pàgines
...simplicity contents itself with being so. * TAKE CARE IN TIME. THERE is an 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." Mons. Say, an able French writer on political economy,... | |
| 1837 - 396 pàgines
...heart, and all because of an indiscreet question. No, Fred, no ; I am wiser than that. 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, and all for want — no, Fred, no. I have just introduced... | |
| H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pàgines
...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 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.... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pàgines
...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 want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 pàgines
...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...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. " So... | |
| 1826 - 440 pàgines
...circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes ' A little neglect may breed great mischief;' adding, ' For want of a nail the...lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe .nail. " So much... | |
| 1826 - 422 pàgines
...circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes ' A little neglect may breed great mischief ;' adding, ' For want of a nail the...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 want of care about a horse-shoe... | |
| Horace Smith - 1829 - 228 pàgines
...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...lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, b,eing overtaken and slain by the enemy",' as poor Richard says." " Your advice comes too late ; our... | |
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