 | 1841 - 300 Seiten
...is profitable ; for, " If you would have a faithful 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, tho horse was lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," being overtaken and slain by the... | |
 | 1842 - 194 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...overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 Seiten
...care is profitable. " If you would have a faithful servant, and one whom you like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief. For want...lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," H 4. being overtaken and slain by the enemy : all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.... | |
 | John BROADHURST - 1842 - 330 Seiten
...MAXIMS OF NEATNESS AND ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction. By THERESA TIDY. " 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, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1843 - 562 Seiten
...plan. THERESA TIDY'S EIGHTEEN MAXIMS OF NEATNESS AND ORDER. By the late MRS. GRAHAM. " 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, tBeing overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for... | |
 | Luke James Hansard - 1843 - 398 Seiten
... HORSE-SHOE NAILS: NEW IDEAS ON OLD SUBJECTS. BY MINOR HUGO. ' 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, ' Being overtaken and slain by the enemy, ' And all... | |
 | George B. C. Watson - 1843 - 136 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 horse was lost ; For want of a horse the rider was lost, All for want of a Iwrse-sfwe nail." 38. There is an... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 600 Seiten
...for, If you icould have a faithful servant, and VOL. n. 13 i one that you like, serve yourself. Jl little neglect may breed great mischief; for want...for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. "III. So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business ; but to these we must... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1844 - 404 Seiten
...MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction by THERESA TIDY.. ' ' 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, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for... | |
 | 1844 - 828 Seiten
...disasters, to the caprice of a courtier, or perhaps the accidental delay of a messenger. 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 — and so all was owing to the want of a nail ! The two manners... | |
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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 a little care about a horseshoe... 
