 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 Seiten
...andjinger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others ste 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. EDINA... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 Seiten
...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! Scotia's... | |
 | 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 contemptible... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 Seiten
...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 ! Scotia's... | |
 | Caroline Fry - 1830 - 392 Seiten
...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, though... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 284 Seiten
...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, though... | |
 | 1876 - 1186 Seiten
...performance of this wolf in sheep's clothing in order to force it on to the Board of Trade. " Oh ! wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us." This valve, with the lever and dead weight, was loaded to blow off at 35 Ibs. and rose to 46 Ibs.,... | |
 | William Cox - 1833 - 330 Seiten
...city, and 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 ! — Burns. HYPOCHONDRIACISM... | |
 | 1833 - 480 Seiten
...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, the... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1834 - 256 Seiten
...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 Mrs.... | |
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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 lea'e us, An 
