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 horse-shoe... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4721860Full view - About this book
| Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...Keep thy shop, and thy «hop will keep thee. A little neglsct 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... | |
| 1832 - 586 pages
...good in the middle. I hope I don't intrude. Your humble servant, TG" " A little neglect may breed much mischief: for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for...was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of a horse-shoe nail.—And for the want of a needlefull of thread in the tail of... | |
| Allan Cunningham - Painters - 1834 - 292 pages
...business seemingly trivial occasioned death." How much better this is told by Dr. Franklin. " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse...was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Nor is the language helped much by the pencil : the... | |
| Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief ; 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... | |
| Allan Cunningham - Architects - 1833 - 392 pages
...business seemingly trivial, occasioned death." How much better this is told by Dr. Franklin. " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse...was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. " >Ior is the language helped much by the pencil : the... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...violence, acts of parliament ; acts of parliament, a revolt. '* A little nee led" says poor Richard, "may breed great mischief: for want of a nail the...was lost ; being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail." MEMOIRS OP opposition suppressed, and the... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 206 pages
...for if you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like — servo 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... | |
| Esther Copley - Home economics - 1834 - 254 pages
...true proverbs of poor Richard, ' A stitch in time saves nine,' — and, ' A little neglect may breed a 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... | |
| 1834 - 430 pages
...which the endeavors of years may not extricate us. For want of a nail the shoe wag loit, Fur want of » shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, And all for the want of'a horse-shoe nail. Striking and True story. Two young German nobleman having... | |
| Ireland - 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... | |
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