| Agriculture - 1870 - 586 pages
...which properly belong to the month upon which he has entered. The old adage is as true as it is trite, that for the want of a nail the shoe was lost, and for the want of a shoe the horse was lost. This directly applies to many of the domestic concerns of the family. Let it remind us to prepare,... | |
| 1893 - 320 pages
...and at such a time cannot be overestimated. The old saying "for the want of a nail the shoe was lost, for the want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for the want of a horse the rider was lost." suggests to us that for the want of a proper scientific understanding and a skillful... | |
| Veterinary medicine - 1900 - 812 pages
...system, conducted in igmrance or carelessness, cannot but brine; about pain and speedy uselessuess to the animal and loss to the owner. The old proverb,...attended neglect in the shoeing of horses. Napoleon's retroat from Moscow depended for most of its hardships and horrors on the want of proper shoeing. The... | |
| Andrew Carnegie - Business - 1911 - 446 pages
...like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for the 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... | |
| Gordon Smith - Homeowners insurance - 2004 - 213 pages
...welcome addition to our community. Ounce Of Prevention w: "For the want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse a rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe... | |
| Maya Cointreau - Pets - 2005 - 152 pages
...soreness. 106 The Pocoen of Punning: A Case f on Bcran Cats "For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe... | |
| Arnold Kransdorff - Corporate culture - 2006 - 256 pages
...cit. 46. Working Capital, op. cit. 47. Benjamin Franklin: 'For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe... | |
| Cheryl Kimball - Cowboys in popular culture - 160 pages
...is still the most common way to attach a shoe to a horse. For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe... | |
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