 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 horse-shoe...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Сторінка 4721860Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1826 - 440 стор.
...smallest matters, because sometimes ' A little neglect may breed great 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds - 1829 - 70 стор.
... . 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... | |
 | 1829 - 126 стор.
...proves little enough. One 'come boys' is better than two 'go I boys.' IA little neglect may breed a great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost;...a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the man was lost. It was once asked, how are we to know a wise man from a fool ? It was answered, turn... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 стор.
...with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read. — Johnson. DCCLvI. 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 an enemy, all for want... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 стор.
...swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read.—Johnson. DCCLVI. 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 an enemy, all for want... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1829 - 228 стор.
...she's neither a Mohawk nor a Nigger ; one word may settle it all, 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... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 стор.
...'If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.' 19 "'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... | |
 | 1831 - 584 стор.
...to these, endured much trouble, plague, pain, and vexation. So true is the old 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 man was lost." See now how the account stands in figures, and what is the balance in favour of attention... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 324 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 infinite variety of articles in an ironmonger's shop are made by machinery.... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 стор.
...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, the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," heing overtaken ami slain by the enemy ; all for... | |
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