 | George Gleig - 1812 - 70 страници
...^nger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin f " O wad some pow'r the giftie gi'e us, To see ourselves as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion : What airs in dress an" gait wad lea'e us, An' ev'n devotion 1" IN the Address to Edinburgh there... | |
 | 1832
...enabled to realize the poet's wish, " Ob, wad kind Heaven the giftie gie us» To see ourselves as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An foolish notion," and the very malice that exults in our anticipated destruction may prove like the noise of the rattlesnake,... | |
 | William Cox - 1833
...it is not impossible that a man may be run over by a church. HYPOCHONDRIACISM. O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion; What airs in dress an' gait wad Ica'e us. An' e'en devotion... | |
 | 1836
...must pause — I think the bull was not baited after all. WGT HYPOCHONDRIACISM. О wad some power the giftie gie us. To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monte a blunder free us, An' foolish notion ; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us. An' e'en devotion... | |
 | Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1837 - 116 страници
...AUTHOR OF 'THREE EXPERIMENTS OF LIVING,' 'ELINOR FULTON,' AND * RICH ENOUGH.' 1 O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dresg an' gait would lea'e us.1 BURNS. BOSTON... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1843 - 224 страници
...there, What can blushing Fanny say ? THE BATS FLIGHT BY DAYLIGHT. A FABLE. " O, wad some power the giftie gi'e us To see oursels, as ithers see us; It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion." BURNS. A BAT one morn from his covert flew To show the world what a Bat could... | |
 | 1847
...unpleasant to find one's assertions called in question ! ! " O, wad some power the giftie gie us, To все oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free ns, An' foolish notion : How mony airs in gait wad lea' us, An e'en devotion 1" Statements are also... | |
 | Arethusa] [Hall - 1849 - 212 страници
...Why ? earnest truth is contained in these playful lines of the Scottish bard : " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion." Fourth. In the words of a writer of our own country,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852
...mankind would be avoided if we could realize the beautiful language of Burns : — " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion." that the ambitious man really pursues. But the honor... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 524 страници
...abread! Ye little ken what cursed speed The blastie's makin! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread. O, wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us ^— To see oursels as ithers see us ! ' It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion!... | |
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O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An... 
