 | Margaret Fraser Tytler - 1847 - 388 pages
...EIGHTEEN MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction by THERESA TIDK. " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe, the...was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard. Twenty-fourth Edition. Iftmo. sewed,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for a want of 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, and attention to one's... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 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...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1848 - 292 pages
...mischief;' adding, 'Fir 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 care about a horse-shoa nail. "So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's 'own business; but to these... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 pages
...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 overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little- care abont a horse shoe nail. III. "So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's... | |
 | Ralph Gardiner - 1849 - 280 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...overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of a little care about a horse-shoenail." BENJAMIN FKANKLIN. hindered by the tyrannical power of the mayor... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 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" • JOEL BARLOW. 1755 — 1812. Joel Barlow was a native of... | |
 | 350 pages
...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 want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.' But it is not much use being industrious and careful, if we... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 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 an enemy, — all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. 636. NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORLY. Good fences... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...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 overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. " 3. So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's... | |
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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... 
