 | 1856 - 902 pagine
...opponents are ' Pharisees,' 'Judaists,' 'Sabbatarians,' and 'bigots.' ' О wad some power the giftie gic us To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us And foolish notion.' But these gentlemen must be jesting. Their theory may satisfy Secularism, Deism, Pantheism, Spiritualism,... | |
 | Caroline Wilson - 1856 - 544 pagine
...the narrowideas of the individual who uses it. 0 wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursells as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us And foolish notion. BURNS. Of i) HE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found a treasure scarcely less valuable, though... | |
 | 1856 - 652 pagine
...need to be named. I have only to say of them, "Oh, wad some power the giftie gie ua To see ourselves as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us." And ugly motion. Here too, I may properly say to you, that all hurry, flutter, and bustle, under pressure... | |
 | Fanny Aikin- Kortright - 1857 - 342 pagine
...that species of rhetoric called rigmarole !" " Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion !" Thenceforth Mr. Curzon became the decided patron of the governess, though his... | |
 | 1858 - 554 pagine
...offering up united prayers to heaven for a blessing on their coming season. Oh! " Could we see ourselves as others see us It wad frae mony a blunder free us!" "A striking contrast I must confess," said a friend and visitor on board, who belonged to " these parts,"... | |
 | Daniel Robinson Hundley, William James Cooper - 1860 - 388 pagine
...capacity, but overweening self-esteem, we do not fail to call to mind the words of Burns : "Ah! wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels' as others...wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion !" But let us turn to more agreeable themes. We do not believe we have said any thing as yet touching... | |
 | Annie Thomas - 1866 - 308 pagine
...Praed 'helped you out of your difficulty, I believe. Burns shall find words for me : " Oh ! would some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others...wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion : " we can't be too thankful to the poets, can we : now let us get on to the others." They " did get... | |
 | 1866 - 520 pagine
...imagination, ' we were reminded of those lines:— ' 0 wad some power the giftie gie us To see, ourselves as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion.' In the narrative of Colonel Felly's journey from Koweit to Riad, we find it stated that 'Snakes, lizards,... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1867 - 510 pagine
...the narrow ideas of the individual who uses it. Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us, To see onrsels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion. Bumra. HE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found a treasure scarcely less valuable, though... | |
 | David Macrae - 1867 - 142 pagine
...ILLUSTRATED WITH CUTS AT DESERVING PARTIES. " O wad some power the giftie gle us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us. And foolish notion,"—BURKS. GLASGOW: JOHN S. MARK sr. PREFACE. THE Author of these Burlesques pleads guilty to... | |
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O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion ! THE WHISTLE. 
