 | 1821 - 24 páginas
...servant, end 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 wag lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken »nd slain by the enemy ;... | |
 | 1843 - 684 páginas
...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, relates an anecdote which, though... | |
 | 1822 - 588 páginas
...shoe at the proper time, may afford a seasonable hint on the same subject. " For want of a nail (he shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost, (Beinj; overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care ahout a horse-shoe nail." I am,... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 páginas
...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 was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 páginas
...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 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... | |
 | 1837 - 396 páginas
...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,...lost — for want of a horse, the rider was lost, and all for want — no, Fred, no. I have just introduced a new mode for my hair, which has taken ;... | |
 | Rich old bachelor - 1824 - 322 páginas
...for your own sake ; Little neglect will bring great care, To avoid want we must spare, " 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,'' For soon the enemy did pursue, And cut the wretched man in two ; This great evil brought to bear, For... | |
 | 1824 - 364 páginas
...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 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... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 páginas
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1825 - 316 páginas
...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 the enemy, all for want... | |
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... 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... 
