 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 shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken...  American Wit and Humor - Сторінка 71907Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 стор.
...men are saved, not by f'aith, but by 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 shoe was lost, and for want of a... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1854 - 428 стор.
...world, men are saved, not by faith, but by 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 shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 320 стор.
...have no rivals. Against diseases, know the strongest fence is the defensive virtue, abstinence. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. 3. A mob 'sa monster ; with heads enough, but no brains. There is nothing humbler1' than ambition when... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1855 - 348 стор.
...have no rivals. Against diseases, know the strongest fence is the defensive virtue, abstinence. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. 3. A mob 'sa monster ; with heads enough, but no brains. There is nothing humbler" than ambition when... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 стор.
...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... | |
 | 1856 - 622 стор.
...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 - 1856 - 554 стор.
...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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 374 стор.
...fortune whose wings they .thought by their self-wisdom to have pinioned. — Lord Bacon. DCCCV. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. — Franklin. Dcccyij , Whoever has flattered his friend successfully, must at i ( once think himself... | |
 | 1856 - 372 стор.
...of fortune whose wings they thought by their self-wisdom to have pinioned. — Lord Bacon. DCCCV. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. — Franklin. DCCCVL Whoever has flattered his friend successfully, must at once think himself a knave,... | |
 | Chuck Logan - 2009 - 466 стор.
...Allen explained, loving the bare slate of her face, "It's an old saying, from a poem. '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. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of... | |
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