 | Louise Elemjay - 1853 - 300 páginas
...of Gomorrah" in their very hands: "Oh, wad some pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursel's as ithers see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion ; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And e'en devotion !" But " mabby"* now, you, being only... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 páginas
...Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread. O, wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us ^— To see oursels as ithers 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 THE TOOTH-ACHE. MY curse upon... | |
 | Joseph Middleton (barrister.) - 1855 - 290 páginas
...entertaining similar feelings 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 visitors, with the... | |
 | Parsons Cooke - 1855 - 458 páginas
...looked at mine through theirs without injury. " 0, wad some power the giftie gie us, To sec oursels as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion ; What airs in dress and gait would lea' us, And e'en devotion ! " For two generations Methodism has... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 páginas
...winks 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 páginas
...blastie 's makin' ! Thae 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 Two. Herds had brought Burns into... | |
 | Benjamin Homer Hall - 1856 - 528 páginas
...an extremely doubtful-looking individual viewing 'his natural face in a glass.' Inscription, — ' O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us.' " The surgeon's equipment is an ox-cart containing jars of drugs (most of them marked < NER' and '... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 páginas
...tent it ; A chiel 's amang you takin' notes, An', faith, he '11 prent it. To a Louse, O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursel's as others see us ! It wad frae nionie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. Epistle to a Young Friend. Perhaps it may turn out a... | |
 | Benjamin Homer Hall - 1856 - 524 páginas
...extremely doubtful-looking individual viewing ' his natural face in a glass.' Inscription, — ' O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us.' u The surgeon's equipment is an ox-cart containing jars of drugs (most of them marked 'NER' and 'OBJ'),... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 páginas
...o' water, Or in that better-known stanza, — " 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 lea'e us And e'en devotion ! " Burns had an ambition to distinguish... | |
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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. 
