 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 頁
...you would have a faithful servant, and one whom 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," H 4. being overtaken and slain by the enemy :... | |
 | 1842 - 194 頁
...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 of care about a horse-shoe nail. " So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own... | |
 | Luke James Hansard - 1843 - 398 頁
... 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...was lost, ' Being overtaken and slain by the enemy, ' And all for want of care ' About a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHARD. LONDON: GEORGE EARLE, 67, CASTLB... | |
 | George B. C. Watson - 1843 - 136 頁
...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...was lost ; For want of a horse the rider was lost, All for want of a Iwrse-sfwe nail." 38. There is an improvement then to be introduced, and we find... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1843 - 562 頁
...plan. THERESA TIDY'S EIGHTEEN MAXIMS OF NEATNESS AND ORDER. By the late MRS. GRAHAM. " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe, the...was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, tBeing overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard.... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1844 - 404 頁
...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...was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard. Twenty-fourth Edition. 18mo. sewed,... | |
 | 1844 - 834 頁
...disasters, to the caprice of a courtier, or perhaps the accidental delay of a messenger. 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 — and so all was owing to the want of a nail ! The two manners seem incompatible. Never mind.... | |
 | 1844 - 828 頁
...disasters, to the caprice of a courtier, or perhaps the accidental delay of a messenger. 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 — and so all was owing to the want of a nail ! The two manners seem incompatible. Never mind.... | |
 | 1836 - 404 頁
...Or a small error — to how many greater errors may it bring as? "For want of a nail, the. horse's shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost ; and for want of a rider all was lost." But they who do things in a hurry or leave them undone because... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 600 頁
...a faithful servant, and VOL. n. 13 i one that you like, serve yourself. Jl 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... | |
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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 ; 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... 
