| Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...profit. He knows, with " Poor Eichard," that "A stitch in time eaves nine :" and 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 of a horse-shoe nail." There... | |
| Charles Knight - Industrial arts - 1856 - 554 pages
...threepence." M. Say-s story is one of the many examples of the truth of the old proverb — " 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 was lost." Nearly all the great variety of articles in a hardware... | |
| Agriculture - 1856 - 622 pages
...threepence." M. Say's story is one of the many examples of the truth of the old proverb : "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 was lost.' TEE CHILDHEN'THAT WENT WEST. About three weeks ago a company... | |
| Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...studied, but to be read. — Johnson. DCCLVL A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse wağ lost : and for want of a horse the rider was lost ; being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all... | |
| James William Gilbart - Language and languages - 1857 - 416 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... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Cookery - 1857 - 730 pages
...one that you like, serve yourself. 3475. A little neglect may breed great mischief. 3476. 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. 3477. If... | |
| James William Gilbart - Language and languages - 1857 - 416 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... | |
| John Warner Barber - Christian life - 1857 - 274 pages
...have been saved with a few minutes trouble." " A stitch in time would have saved nine." " 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 was lost." A great ship was going on a long voyage, and when the... | |
| William Chambers - Conduct of life - 1858 - 378 pages
...servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.' And again, he advise! h to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes '...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... | |
| Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - Self-Help - 2004 - 132 pages
...servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes a...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... | |
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