 | 1813 - 552 pages
...more completely verified, than in the omission of properly shoeing the horses at Moscow. " 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; — being overtaken, and slain by the enemy." The... | |
 | John Bancks - RUSSIA - 1813 - 328 pages
...more completely verified, than in the omission of properly shoeing the horses at Moscow. " 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 : being overtaken, and slain hy the enemy." The... | |
 | 1813 - 550 pages
...more completely verified, than in the omission of properly shoeing the horses at Moscow. " 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 ; — being overtaken, and slain by the enemy."... | |
 | Scotland - 1860 - 796 pages
...where he offers a general inducement to carefulness of small matters. "A little neglect," he says, " may breed great mischief. 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, being overtaken and slain by the enemy." And this,... | |
 | England - 1844 - 826 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 ! Tin; two manners... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...the want of it ; but a man's own care is profitable ; for, If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself . A little neglect...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...want of it ;' but a man's own care is profitable ; for ' if you would have a faithful serrant, and one that you like, serve yourself. A little neglect...breed 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... | |
 | Apprentices - 1821 - 162 pages
...the want of it :" but a man's own care is profitable ; for if you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like — serve yourself. A little neglect...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... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...want of it ;' but a man's own care is profitable ; for ' if you would have a faithful servant, and one tha.t you like, serve yourself. A little neglect...breed 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... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1822 - 272 pages
...the want of it; but a man's own care is profitable;" for, <lif you would have a faithful servant, ami one that you like, serve yourself. A little neglect...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... | |
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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 horse-shoe... 
