| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 600 trang
...is profitable ; for, If you tvould have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. A little, neglect may breed great mischief; for want...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,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 342 trang
...matters, because, sometimes. ' A little neglect may breed great mis4hief ; ' adding, ' For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the...horse the rider was lost ;' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of a little cure ahout a horse-shoe nail. ' So much for industry, my friends,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 624 trang
...; for, If you wmdd have a faithful servant, and VOL. II. 13 I one that you like, seme yourself. Jl little neglect may breed great mischief; for want...; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for icant of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little... | |
| Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 trang
...but by the want of it. 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 shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being... | |
| Esther Copley, afterwards COPLEY HEWLETT (Esther) - 1841 - 248 trang
...llichard,' A stitch in time saves nine,'—and, ' A little neglect may breed a great mischief—for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse...of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and •n by an enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe SUNDRIES. 223. To white-wash a Cottage.—... | |
| 1841 - 300 trang
...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, tho horse was lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," being overtaken and slain by the... | |
| Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 trang
...care is profitable. " If you would have a faithful servant, and one whom you like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief. For want...lost ; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost," H 4. being overtaken and slain by the enemy : all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.... | |
| John BROADHURST - 1842 - 330 trang
...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... | |
| George B. C. Watson - 1843 - 136 trang
...has frequently reminded our companions in a ramble, of poor Richard's terse couplet — ' 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, All for want of a Iwrse-sfwe nail." 38. There is an... | |
| Luke James Hansard - 1843 - 398 trang
... HORSE-SHOE NAILS: NEW IDEAS ON OLD SUBJECTS. BY MINOR HUGO. ' 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... | |
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