 | 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, for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want... | |
 | 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, for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 206 pages
...own care is profi table ; for if you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like — servo yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief;...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 - 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 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 ; 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1836 - 584 pages
...is profitable ; for, If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. Jl little neglect may breed great mischief; for want...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... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...— Dr S. Johnson. 789. 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 ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, 'being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - English fiction - 1837 - 410 pages
...heart, and all because of an indiscreet question. No, Fred, no ; 1 am wiser than that. 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, and all for want — no, Fred, no. I have just... | |
 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 pages
...impossible to say how widely the evil may extend. This is the spirit of a popular 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 rider was lost, being taken by his enemies ; and all for want of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 96 pages
...smallest matters, beeause sometimes 'A little negleet may breed great misehief ;* 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... | |
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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... 
