 | Lesson book - 1854 - 90 Seiten
...thoughts in gentleness. 'Tis a word that came from HeavenForgive, that you may be forgiven! O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us! BURNS. The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame ; We tax not ourselves while we practise... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 Seiten
...An' set your beauties a' abread ! Ye little ken what cursed speed The blastie's makin' ! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin' ! 0 wad...us, And ev'n devotion ! XLIX. EPISTLE TO J. RANKINE, ENCLOSING SOME POEMS. [The person to whom these verses are addressed lived at Adamhill in Ayrshire,... | |
 | Joseph Middleton (barrister.) - 1855 - 290 Seiten
...add, for the especial benefit of all entertaining similar feeling-s and prejudices— ' Oh wad some power 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 lae'e us, And ev'n devotion.' The whole of the... | |
 | Horace Wemyss Smith - 1856 - 92 Seiten
...indulged it, that he has become the butt and laughing stock of his acquaintance. " 0, wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae manie a blunder free us, An foolish notion !" The extraordinary pains taken by Mr. Reed, to circulate... | |
 | Absalom Peters, Henry Barnard - 1856 - 698 Seiten
...recall the pertinent prayer of Burns— 0 wad some power the giftie gic «s To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion! and yet, with all their faults and liabilities to fault, they offer such means and motives to intellectual... | |
 | Walter Colton - 1856 - 430 Seiten
...three cents turn vulgarity into gentility, shame into honor, and guilt into innocence ? " 0 would some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us." THURSDAY, DEC. 25. Mr. Livingston, Dr. Mosely, Mr. Spieden, with myself, chartered this morning a carriage-and-four... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 Seiten
...winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin'! Oh wad some power the giftic gie us To see oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion: What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us, And even devotion! The Tvja Herds had... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...notes, An', faith,. he ‘II prent it. To a Louse. o wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, Epistle to a Toung Friend. Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. The fear o' hell... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1857 - 596 Seiten
...makin' 1 Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin' ! О wad some Power the giftie gie из To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie...us An' foolish notion; What airs in dress an' gait wnd lea'e us, And ет'п devotion 1 XLIX. EPISTLE TO J. RANKINE, IXCLOS1.40 10Ш POEHI. [The person... | |
 | Mary Guignard - 1857 - 390 Seiten
...whether true or false, so quickly produces an unbecoming confidence in manner ? ' 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 !' How quickly should we then discover the immense superiority of moral over physical... | |
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and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin' ! 0 wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us An' foolish notion ; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion ! XLIX. EPISTLE TO... 
