 | Ralph Gardiner - 1849 - 80 pages
...public-houses. Yet only two dozen (loaves) could be had on both sides the Tyne ! (2) " 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... | |
 | ...wise.' Speaking of carefulness he tells us, 'A little neglect may heed 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... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 408 pages
...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 - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 552 pages
...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... | |
 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853
...yourself.' And again, he adMsfth to circumsjiecttun and care, even in the smallest mutters, IH-IMUSC sometimes ' A little neglect may breed great mischief;'...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... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 432 pages
...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... | |
 | James William Gilbart - Logic - 1854 - 392 pages
...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... | |
 | Word-making primer - English language - 1854 - 72 pages
...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,... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 375 pages
...servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.' And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes, '...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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... 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... 
