 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 Seiten
...parliament, a revolt. " A little neglect" says poor Rirhrird, "may breed 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 rider wasjost; being overtaken and slain by the e-ncmy ; all frr want ofa tyttlc care abrnt a hnrse-shne... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1859 - 526 Seiten
...threepence." M. Say's story is one of the many examples of the truth of the 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." Nearly all the great variety of articles in an ironmonger's shop are made by machinery.... | |
 | Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) - 1874 - 1144 Seiten
...agreed that everything which can add to its power at a moderate price should be given. " For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost." That English soldiers, whether artillerymen or not, will make the best of what they have, may... | |
 | Gustav C. E. Weber, Edward Bruce Stevens, John A. Murphy - 1861 - 776 Seiten
...come under the eye of the surgeon, but it certainly is no triflle. An old nursery rhyme, " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost," <fec., aptly illustrates its importance. This small affection, as it seems, is considered good... | |
 | 1861 - 798 Seiten
...come under the eye of the surgeon, but it certainly is no triflle. An old nursery rhyme, " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost," &c., aptly illustrates its importance. This small affection, as it seems, is considered good... | |
 | George Bott Churchill Watson - 1862 - 178 Seiten
...has frequently reminded our companions in a ramble, of poor Richard's terse couplet — " 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 : All for want of a horse-shoe nail." 38. There is an improvement then to be introduced, suggested... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 270 Seiten
...broke one of his legs. fanner to himself, " comes from neglect of a horse-shoe nail." 8. For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe the horse was lost ; For want of the horse the man got lost ; And all, for want of a horse-shoe nail. QUESTIONS. — What was the cause... | |
 | Jeffrey A. Hirsch, Yale Hirsch, Hirsch Organization - 2004 - 196 Seiten
...without loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill (British statesman, 1874-1965) THURSDAY 11 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. For want of a rider, the battle was lost. For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost. And all for the... | |
 | Larry Briney - 2004 - 386 Seiten
...treat diseased tissue. This isn't science fiction; it's reality. Benjamin Franklin wrote: "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; for want of a rider the battle was lost; and all for the want of a horseshoe nail." God values small... | |
 | Margaret Y. Chu - 2004 - 264 Seiten
...as the triple constraint. Was It the Lack of a Nail That Caused the Kingdom to Be Lost? 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, For want of a rider the battle was lost, For want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the... | |
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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... 
