| 1822 - 376 Seiten
...the fire, and determined to leave the communication to accident. CHAPTER XIV. Oh, wad some pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us ! It wad fiae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And e'en... | |
| Caroline Fry - 1830 - 392 Seiten
...narrow ideas of the individual who uses it. THE LISTENER. 339 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. BCRNS. THE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found a treasure scarcely... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1831 - 302 Seiten
...exalted tone, to his wife :— To see oursels as other see us, * O ! wad gome Power the giftie gie us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us An* foolish notion; What airs in gait and dress could lea' us, And e'en devotion.' There, that verse contains, in my opinion, a more... | |
| G. Hamilton - 1831 - 318 Seiten
...and Folly, and has done for a class what the Bard of Coila has supplicated for all: « О wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us. » This is a clever production full of character and spirit by a rising artist of much promise : it... | |
| Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 280 Seiten
...misformed, mismanaged, and misplaced? A FABLE. O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see outsells as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion. BUHXS. THE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found a treasure scarcely... | |
| William Cox - 1833 - 330 Seiten
...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 !—Burns. HYPOCHONDRIACISM is a disorder produced by the disorganization... | |
| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 370 Seiten
...blastie's makin' ! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takhv' I O wad some power the gifted gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae...in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion! Homelier subjects were sometimes chosen by the Muse of Burns than his more stately friends desired.... | |
| Ellen Pickering - 1834 - 256 Seiten
...motions all 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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1834 - 384 Seiten
...blastie's makin' ! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin'! O wad some power the gifted gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a hlunder free us An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion! Homelier... | |
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