 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 - Página 4721860Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 1834 - 292 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1832 - 220 páginas
...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 - 1833 - 392 páginas
...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 - 1834 - 682 páginas
...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 - 1834 - 206 páginas
...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 - 1834 - 254 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1832 - 448 páginas
...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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