 | Hickey, William - 1846 - 134 strani
...old story, " that for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of .•i shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy!" Be clean in your persons, ye women especially ; tidily dressed like farmers' wives and daughters ;... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 strani
...hold or drive.' neglect may breed 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...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... | |
 | William Andrus Alcott - 1847 - 510 strani
...consider what a host of evils sometimes result from a slight neglect. The trite saying — " 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" — will, however, illustrate this part of my subject. Had the single nail which was omitted — the... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1847 - 408 strani
...EIGHTEEN MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER. To which in prefixed an Introduction by THERESA T<DY. "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,) And all for... | |
 | William Ewing Du Bois - 1847 - 112 strani
...make mention of the lost penknife, without which he cannot mend the children's pens ? " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was crippled ; the messenger was delayed; and the city obliged to surrender." It was a backwoods settlement,... | |
 | Thomas Salwey - 1847 - 246 strani
...EIGHTEEN MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction 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, 1Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for... | |
 | Household prayers - 1847 - 108 strani
...EIGHTEEN MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction by THERBSA 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 the enemy,) • And all... | |
 | Margaret Fraser Tytler - 1847 - 388 strani
...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 horse was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for... | |
 | Theodora Elizabeth Lynch - 1847 - 148 strani
...EIGHTEEN MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction 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 the enemy,) And all for... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Gray - 1847 - 540 strani
...MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction 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, IBeing overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for... | |
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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... 
