| Stacey Cochran - 2004 - 208 trang
...peacefully to himself then sings in a raspy, blues voice, redolent of John Lee Hooker: 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... | |
| Andrea Rock - 2004 - 248 trang
...is also expressed in the following well-known passage from British poet George Herbert: 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... | |
| Larry Briney - 2004 - 386 trang
...treat diseased tissue. This isn't science fiction; it's reality. Benjamin Franklin wrote: "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; and all for... | |
| Gordon Smith - 2004 - 213 trang
...a nail, a shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse a rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail." - Benjamin Franklin rhat is the best method of dealing with... | |
| Paul Zall - 2005 - 216 trang
...And again, he adviseth to Circumspection and Care, even in the smallest Matters, because sometimes a little Neglect may breed great Mischief; adding, For...Enemy, all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail. Father Abraham turns from preaching to the people at the auction to exhorting readers generally. The... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 trang
...And 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 horseshoe nail! So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own... | |
| A. R. Calhoun - 2005 - 301 trang
...cause 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 of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. " ' III. So much for industry, my friends, and attention to... | |
| Maya Cointreau - 2005 - 152 trang
..."For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail. " ~ Benjamin Franklin To date, cats have always been a welcome... | |
| Sango Mbella - 2005 - 304 trang
...presented. For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail. -Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) There are one-story intellects,... | |
| Everett C. Dolman - 2005 - 254 trang
...numerous persons, including Benjamin Franklin and Shakespeare, but whose origins are obscure: '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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