 | George Gleig - 1812 - 142 էջ
...^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 - 1042 էջ
...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,... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1843 - 256 էջ
...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 - 412 էջ
...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... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1928 - 1000 էջ
...words of the favorite bard of Scotland : O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as it hers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. He was also amused to see the friends of banks in the convention (for such they were, whatever they... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 էջ
...explore, inquire. Moore's Lores of the Angers 0 wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An foolish notion : Burns I know is all the mourner saith — Knowledge by suffering entereth, — As life is perfeeted... | |
 | Fanny Aikin- Kortright - 1857 - 342 էջ
...species of rhetoric called rigmarole !" " Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion !" Thenceforth Mr. Curzon became the decided patron of the governess, though his patronage was mingled... | |
 | 1860 - 46 էջ
...existence, the ennobling of humanity. j. L. s. in gtnirmi fife. "0! wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An foolish notion."— BURNS. THE king of poets who discovered the fact, so often quoted since, that " this world is a stage,... | |
 | 1860 - 452 էջ
...existence, the ennobling of humanity. JL s. Shams in Shtbent "O! wad some power the giflie gie us, To soo oursels as ithers see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An foolish notion." — BURNS. THE king of poets who discovered the fact, so often quoted since, that " this world is a... | |
 | Frank Leslie - 1870 - 400 էջ
...every-day fault, and well might Burns •say: " 0 wad Bome power the giftie gie us To see oursells as ithers see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us." And I, for one, add " Amen" to the poet's prayer far lots of my friends ; of course, I don't need it... | |
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