 | Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 pages
...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 nail." III. So much for industry my friends, aud attention to one's... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 pages
...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 u little care about a horse- shoe nail." CHAP. V. Poor Richard, or the Way to Wealth. • CONTINUED.... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe 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 nail.' III. 'So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...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 nail. SECTION II. Frugality: calamities of pride, extravagance and... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...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 nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...mischief;' 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 an enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe .nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention... | |
 | Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds - 1829 - 70 pages
... . r NEATNESS AND ORDER. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN INTRODUCTION. EY THERESA TIDY. " For want of a nail the shoe was lost, " For want of a shoe the...a horse the rider was lost, " (Being overtaken and stain by the enemy,) " And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHAKD. THE TWENTIETH... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1829 - 228 pages
...and remember, that ' 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, b,eing overtaken and slain by the enemy",' as poor Richard says." " Your advice comes too late ; our disagreement is of a nature that cannot be... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...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 want of care about a horse-shoe nail. — Franklin. DCCLVII. Fear is cousin-german,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...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 want of care about a horse-shoe nail.—Franklin. nCCLVH. Fear is cousin-german,... | |
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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 horseshoe... 
