 | John Bird Sumner - 1843 - 562 pages
...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...was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, tBeing overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard.... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1844 - 404 pages
...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...was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard. Twenty-fourth Edition. 18mo. sewed,... | |
 | 1836 - 404 pages
...Or a small error — to how many greater errors may it bring as? "For want of a nail, the. horse's shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost ; and for want of a rider all was lost." But they who do things in a hurry or leave them undone because... | |
 | 1844 - 834 pages
...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 seem incompatible. Never mind.... | |
 | 1844 - 828 pages
...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 seem incompatible. Never mind.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 600 pages
...n. 13 i 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 was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1845 - 586 pages
...OF NEATNESS AND ORDER. By the late MRS. GRAHAM. " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; Fi>r want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; For want of a horse,...was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard. Twenty.fourth Edition. 18mo. sewed,... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1845 - 588 pages
...SON. 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 hor»e was lost ; For want of a hr*rse, the rider was lost, tBeing overtaken and slain by the enemy,)... | |
 | O'Gorman, Henry Corbet - 1845 - 358 pages
...want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for the want of the shoe, the horse was lost ; for the want of the horse, the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of a shoe nail." So it is in angling. I don't think I was ever guilty of any neglect in... | |
 | David Kay - 1846 - 566 pages
...AND SON. 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 waa lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail."... | |
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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... 
