 O, 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!  Education - Strana 3721886Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1844 - 784 str.
...country. The well known lines of Burns arc as applicable to nations as to individuals : ' O wad somc power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ;' for the distortions of vanity and self-love are almost as great and as ludicrous in the one case... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 str.
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 558 str.
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 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 str.
...blastie's inakin ! Tliae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some pow'r the gifte gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae moule a blunder free us And foolish notion i What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, EPISTLE TO J.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1820 - 458 str.
...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. I. EDINA... | |
 | James Hogg - 1821 - 352 str.
...will bless you," added she, " for this unmerited kindness to a poor friendless orphan." " O wad some power the giftie gi'e us, To see oursels as others see us I" says Burns ; but I have often thought this prayer should be reversed ; for if we knew the motives... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 str.
...The 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 ! jjS^tia... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 str.
...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! Scotia's... | |
 | 1822 - 376 str.
...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... | |
 | 1823 - 494 str.
...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... | |
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