 | 1821 - 24 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1837 - 396 Seiten
...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 ;... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 440 Seiten
...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 an enemy, all for... | |
 | 1826 - 422 Seiten
...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 aTiorse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all for... | |
 | 1829 - 126 Seiten
...'come boys' is better than two 'go I boys.' IA 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; for want of a horse the man was lost. It was once asked, how are we to know a wise man from a fool ? It was answered, turn... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 Seiten
...studied, but to be read.—Johnson. DCCLVI. 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 an 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... 
