 | 350 Seiten
...wise.' Speaking of carefulness he tells us, 'A little neglect may heed 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... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 Seiten
...habitually unfaithful to his appointments. Franklin. 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... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 Seiten
...pressing wants call for it. — Locke. NEGLECT. — 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... | |
 | 1853 - 446 Seiten
...of it;' but a man's own care is profitable. '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... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 Seiten
...smallest mutters, IH-IMUSC 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 \v.int of a horse the rider was lost;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 Seiten
...serpent's egg will produce a serpent. A slight cold may terminate in consumption and death. 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. How many destructive fires occur annually through carelessness and gross neglect. A slight neglect... | |
 | Word-making primer - 1854 - 82 Seiten
...free horse to death. Fain would the cat fish eat, 1 But she is loth to wet her feet. j For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the...was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost. Frost and fraud both end in foul. Good words are good, but good deeds are bet-ter. He laughs best who... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1854 - 428 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 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 the enemy — all... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 Seiten
...profit. He knows, with " Poor Eichard," that "A stitch in time eaves nine :" and that " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe, the...was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost ; — And all for want of a horse-shoe nail." There is philosophy here to be applied : for there is... | |
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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... 
