 | Esther Copley, afterwards COPLEY HEWLETT (Esther) - 1841 - 248 páginas
...llichard,' A stitch in time saves nine,'—and, ' A little neglect may breed a 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 •n by an enemy, all for want... | |
 | John BROADHURST - 1842 - 330 páginas
...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 ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR RICHARD.... | |
 | William Newnham - 1842 - 682 páginas
...NEATNE8S AND ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction. By THERESA TIDY. " For want of a nail, the shoo was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, I Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." POOR... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 páginas
...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 :... | |
 | George B. C. Watson - 1843 - 136 páginas
...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... | |
 | Luke James Hansard - 1843 - 398 páginas
... 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, ' For want of a horse the rider was lost, ' Being overtaken and slain by the enemy, ' And all for want of care ' About a horse-shoe nail." POOR... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1843 - 562 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost, (Being overtaken and slain by the enemy,) And all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail." Poor Richard.... | |
 | 1836 - 404 páginas
...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 they... | |
 | 1844 - 828 páginas
...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.... | |
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... 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... 
