 | 1817 - 336 pages
...frequent there. W HE that n-iiits en another man's trencher, makes many a late dinner. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. War is death's feast. "Who preacheth war is the devil's chaplain. War makes thieves, and peace hangs... | |
 | John Ray - 1818 - 318 pages
...frequent there. W HE that waits on another man's trencher, makes many a late dinner. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. War is deathis feast. Who preacheth war is the devil's chaplain. War makes thieves, and peace hangs... | |
 | John Wade - 1824 - 258 pages
...it flour. Father, in reclaiming a child, should oat-wit him, and seldom beat him. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. Showing how a small neglect sometimes breeds a great mischicf. \ 90 ECONOMY, MANNERS, AND RICHES. Fine... | |
 | William Kitchiner - 1827 - 366 pages
...Girths, and Straps, &c. are all good and well fixed, and that he is properly Shod. " For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost, For want of a Shoe the' Horse is lost." Direct that neither the Heel nor Frog be pared more than merely to take off what is ragged and broken.... | |
 | George Herbert - 1841 - 394 pages
...All feet tread not in one shoe. Patience, time, and money accommodate all things. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. Weight justly and sell dearly. Little wealth little care. Little journeys and good cost bring safe... | |
 | George Herbert - 1841 - 422 pages
...All feet tread not in one shoe. Patience, time, and money accommodate all things. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. Weight justly and sell dearly. Little wealth little care. Little journeys and good cost bring safe... | |
 | 1845 - 596 pages
...nor, being spoken to, is silent. The fox knows much, but more he that taketh him. S"OT want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. A man's discontent is his worst evil. Fear nothing but sin. He that labours and thrives spins gold.... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...To lose the hogg (yearling sheep) for the sake of on ounce of tar." For want of a nail the shoe^is lost. For want of a shoe the horse is lost. For want of a horse the rider is lost, Skyld (should) means duty or obligation ; dawve and starve are from the same root, whatever that may... | |
 | George Herbert - 1853 - 372 pages
...All feet tread not in one shoe. Patience, time, and money accommodate all things. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. Weight justly and sell dearly. Little wealth little care. Little journeys and good cost bring safe... | |
 | George Herbert, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 372 pages
...All feet tread not in one shoe. Patience, time, and money accommodate all things. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. Weight justly and sell dearly. Little wealth little care. Little journeys and good cost bring safe... | |
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For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. 
