 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 horseshoe...  Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle - Pagina 801813Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pagina’s
...great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for a want of 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 nail. " III. So much for industry, my friends, and... | |
 | William Ewing Du Bois - 1847 - 112 pagina’s
...make mention of the lost penknife, without which he cannot mend the children's pens ? " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was crippled ; the messenger was delayed; and the city obliged to surrender." It was a backwoods settlement,... | |
 | William Andrus Alcott - 1847 - 510 pagina’s
...consider what a host of evils sometimes result from a slight neglect. The trite saying — " 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" — will, however, illustrate this part of my subject.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 pagina’s
...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 the Enemy, all for want... | |
 | Stephen Regan - 2004 - 628 pagina’s
...long-tailed shovel, an' I'll bring me navvy. We mighten' want them, an', then agen, we might: for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, an' for want of a horse the man was lost — aw, that's a darlin' proverb, a daarlin' . . . As... | |
 | D.V. Rangarajan - 2004 - 172 pagina’s
...Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time - Victor Hugo. 4. 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... | |
 | James W. Komarnicki - 2004 - 322 pagina’s
...self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence" (Hendricks 1997). "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... | |
 | Ann-Marie MacDonald - 2009 - 848 pagina’s
...Boston tones, but she knows Mr. March said it. Mr. March explaining the domino effect: For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe, the horse was lost. . . . Walter Cronkite brought her back. "... live, from the moon." On screen, the Eagle landed,... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2004 - 132 pagina’s
...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 the enemy; all for want... | |
 | Chris McCully - 2004 - 240 pagina’s
...observances always remind me of the blacksmith's nail. Do you know that rhyme? 'For want of a nail, 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 a battle, the kingdom was lost...' Lives go on,... | |
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