 | Robert Burns - 1820 - 458 Seiten
...winks andjinger-ends, 1 dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see ourselt as others 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 ! ADDRESS ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 Seiten
...blastie's makin ! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O, wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others 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 ! $& TO EDINBURGH. \ 'sA ^1 EDINA... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 Seiten
...makin ! Thae winhs and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O, wad some pow'r the gif'tie gie us _, To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, A nd ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. EDINA!... | |
 | 1823 - 494 Seiten
...Sottrnal*. ON SHOOTING WITH A LONG BOW. Oh ! wad some pow'r the giftie gie us, To tee our sel' s as other i see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion.— BURNS. " Shooting with a long bow" is a figurative expression for a very prevalent, but... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 Seiten
...blastie's makin ! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others 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 ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. EDINA... | |
 | Caroline Fry - 1830 - 392 Seiten
...the narrow ideas of the individual who uses it. No. XXIV. A FABLE. O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion. BURNS. THE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found a treasure scarcely less valuable,... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 284 Seiten
...misformed, mismanaged, and misplaced ? A FABLE. O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursells as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion. BUBXS. THE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found a treasure scarcely less valuable,... | |
 | 1833 - 480 Seiten
...the unweared company reluctantly separated. A NEW LOOKING GLASS. Oh that some power the gift wad gie us. To see oursels as others 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 '. Buna. THERE was a certain country,... | |
 | Caroline Fry - 1833 - 278 Seiten
...misformed, mismanaged, and misplaced? A FABLE. O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursells as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion. BURNS. THE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found a treasure scarcely less valuable,... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1834 - 256 Seiten
...accompanied with grace, And paradise was opened in his face. DRYOKH. Oh, wad some pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion : What airs in dress a'n gait wad lea'e us. BURNS. TIME has passed ; and, behold ! the day of... | |
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O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others 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 ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. 
