 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 strani
...parliament, a revolt. '* A little nee led" says poor Richard, "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... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1835 - 262 strani
...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 (...lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, f being overtaken and slain by the enemy: all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. "... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 strani
...serve yonrself. A little neglect may brecd 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,,, heing overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little eare abont a horse -shoe nail. " IIL... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 strani
...servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. Jl 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, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 strani
...servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. Jl 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 loas lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1837 - 356 strani
...again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes, 'A little neglect may breed great mischief;' adding,...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... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1837 - 410 strani
...heart, and all because of an indiscreet question. No, Fred, no ; 1 am wiser than 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 — no, Fred, no. I have just introduced... | |
 | 1837 - 352 strani
...— Dr S. Johnson. 789. 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 ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, 'being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want... | |
 | Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds - 1838 - 66 strani
...BY THERESA TIDY. " 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 tlie enemy,) " And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHARD. THE TWENTY-THIRD EDITION.... | |
 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 strani
...impossible to say how widely the evil may extend. This is the spirit of a popular saying ; " 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 taken by his enemies ; and all for want of attention... | |
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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... 
