 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 sivua
...servant, and one that 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," being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for... | |
 | 1813 - 550 sivua
...more completely verified, than in the omission of properly shoeing the horses at Moscow. " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe, the...lost ; — being overtaken, and slain by the enemy." The army remained in Smolensko two days, which were one continued scene of confusion, plunder and conflagration.... | |
 | 1813 - 552 sivua
...more completely verified, than in the omission of properly shoeing the horses at Moscow. " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the...lost; — being overtaken, and slain by the enemy." The army remained in Smolensko two days, which were one continued scene of confusion, plunder, and... | |
 | John Bancks - 1813 - 328 sivua
...more completely verified, than in the omission of properly shoeing the horses at Moscow. " For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe, the...horse, the rider was lost : being overtaken, and slain hy the enemy." The army remained in Smolensko two days, which were one continued scene of confusion,... | |
 | 1813 - 566 sivua
...completely verified, than in the omission of properly shoeing the horses at Moscow. " For want* of a nail, the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe, the...horse, the rider was lost ; — being overtaken, and alain by the enemy." The army remained in Smolensko two days, which were one continued scene of confusion,... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 sivua
...adding, " For want of a nail the shoe wa» lost ; for want of a shte the hor«e was lest 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 business ; but to these... | |
 | 1860 - 796 sivua
...carefulness of small matters. "A little neglect," he says, " may breed great mischief. 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 this, which feebly attempts to improve the unadorned baldness of the proverb's downright language,... | |
 | 1844 - 826 sivua
...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 ! Tin; two manners seem incompatible. Never mind.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 sivua
...servant, and one that 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, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for... | |
 | 1821 - 356 sivua
...great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, and 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 nail. " III. So mnch for industry, my friends, and attention to one's... | |
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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 ; 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... 
