 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pagine
...your business done, go ; if not, send." "A little neglect may breed to 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... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 pagine
...habitually unfaithful to his appointments. Franklin. 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 an enemy, — all for... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pagine
...pressing wants call for it. — Locke. NEGLECT. — 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 an enemy, all for... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 pagine
...smallest mutters, IH-IMUSC sometimes ' A little neglect may breed great mischief;' adding, ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for \v.int of a horse the rider was lost;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for... | |
 | 1853 - 446 pagine
...of it;' but a man's own care is profitable. '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... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 pagine
...serpent's egg will produce a serpent. A slight cold may terminate in consumption and death. 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. How many destructive fires occur annually through carelessness and gross neglect. A... | |
 | Word-making primer - 1854 - 82 pagine
...free horse to death. Fain would the cat fish eat, 1 But she is loth to wet her feet. j 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. Frost and fraud both end in foul. Good words are good, but good deeds are bet-ter.... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1854 - 428 pagine
...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 the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pagine
...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 horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost ; being overtaken and slain by the enemy — all... | |
 | Ben Witherington (III), Ben Witherington - 2004 - 298 pagine
...their intended destination, sometimes with disastrous results. Remember the famous saying: "For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the messenger was lost. For want of the messenger the message was lost. For want of the message the battle... | |
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... 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... 
