 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 horse-shoe...  Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature - 369 ページH. Nolte 著 - 1823全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Horace Smith - 1829 - 228 ページ
...settle it all, and remember, that ' 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, b,eing overtaken and slain by the enemy",' as poor Richard says." " Your advice comes too late ; our disagreement is of a nature that cannot be... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 ページ
...therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read. — Johnson. DCCLvI. 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... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 ページ
...therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read.—Johnson. DCCLVI. 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds - 1829 - 70 ページ
...EY 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 stain by the enemy,) " And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHAKD. THE TWENTIETH... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 ページ
...to leave them your purse open. ' Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many; for, 'If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.' 19 "'A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 ページ
...men are not saved by faith, but by the want of it : but a man's own care is profitable; for, "If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like,...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," heing... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 ページ
...neglsct 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 horse shoe nail. SS. If a man would be wealthy, he must... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1831 - 314 ページ
...hreed 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;' I heing overtaken and slain hy the enemy, all for want i of care ahout a horse-shoe nail. "So much... | |
 | 1832 - 220 ページ
...are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it :' but a man's own care is profitable ; for, ' If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like,...little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;' being overtaken and slain by... | |
 | 1832 - 586 ページ
...breed much 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 the want of a horse-shoe nail.—And for the want of a needlefull of thread in the tail of a gown,... | |
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