 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Word-making primer - English language - 1854 - 82 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 - 444 pages
...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 320 pages
...When Prosperity was well mounted, she let go the bridle, and soon came tumbling out of the saddle. A little neglect may 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. 4.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1855 - 348 pages
...When Prosperity was well mounted, she let go the bridle, and soon came tumbling out of the saddle. A little neglect may 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. 4.... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read. — Johnson. DCCLVL A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want...nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse wa» lost : and for want of a horse the rider was lost ; being overtaken and slain by an enemy, all... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 456 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...may breed great mischief : for want of a nail the shoo was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,'... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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 ; 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... 
