 | 1832 - 448 Seiten
...good way to cure this, is to store the memory early with little pithy sayings, such as, " 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," &c. M. Say tells the following story : " Being in the country," says he, " I had an example of one... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 Seiten
...servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. Jl 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 loas lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1837 - 410 Seiten
...heart, and all because of an indiscreet question. No, Fred, no ; 1 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;... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1837 - 214 Seiten
...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 a new mode for my hair, which has taken; and,... | |
 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 Seiten
...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...lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being taken by his enemies ; and all for want of attention to a horse-shoe nail." Let those, then, who, with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 96 Seiten
...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 horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 342 Seiten
...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 horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for... | |
 | Esther Copley, afterwards COPLEY HEWLETT (Esther) - 1841 - 248 Seiten
...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 was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and •n by an enemy, all for want... | |
 | William Newnham - 1842 - 682 Seiten
...NEATNE8S AND ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction. By THERESA TIDY. " For want of a nail, the shoo was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, I Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 Seiten
...servant, and one whom 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," H 4. being overtaken and slain by the enemy :... | |
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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... 
