 | 1832 - 448 pages
...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 pages
...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 horse-shoe nail. " III. So much for industry, my friends, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 pages
...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... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...— Dr S. Johnson. 789. Neglect. — A little neglect may breed great mischief : — for-want • of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the...was lost, 'being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of care about a horse-shoe-nail. — Franklin. 790. A Shepherd's Philosophy. — I know... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1837 - 410 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds - 1838 - 66 pages
...ORDER. OF NEATNESS AND ORDER. TO WHICH IS PKKFIXKD AN INTRODUCTION. BY THERESA TIDY. " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, " For want of a shoe the...the rider was lost, " (Being overtaken and slain by tlie enemy,) " And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHARD. THE TWENTY-THIRD EDITION.... | |
 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 pages
...great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, and 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 ; and all for want of a little care about a horse- shoe nail. A man may, if he knows not how to save... | |
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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... 
