 | George Gleig - 1812 - 142 頁
...^nger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin f " O wad some pow'r the giftie gi'e us, To see ourselves as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion : What airs in dress an" gait wad lea'e us, An' ev'n devotion 1" IN the Address to Edinburgh there... | |
 | 1832 - 1042 頁
...enabled to realize the poet's wish, " Ob, wad kind Heaven the giftie gie us» To see ourselves as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An foolish notion," and the very malice that exults in our anticipated destruction may prove like the noise of the rattlesnake,... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1928 - 1000 頁
...words of the favorite bard of Scotland : O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as it hers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. He was also amused to see the friends of banks in the convention (for such they were, whatever they... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 頁
...explore, inquire. Moore's Lores of the Angers 0 wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An foolish notion : Burns I know is all the mourner saith — Knowledge by suffering entereth, — As life is perfeeted... | |
 | Fanny Aikin- Kortright - 1857 - 342 頁
...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 patronage was mingled... | |
 | 1860 - 46 頁
...humanity. j. L. s. in gtnirmi fife. "0! wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An foolish notion."— BURNS. THE king of poets who discovered the fact, so often quoted since, that " this world is a stage,... | |
 | Samuel Roberts Wells - 1871 - 788 頁
...object of the work will be accomplished. O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. — BUKN*. TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Physigonomy Defined — A Historical Sketch — Advent... | |
 | Ambrose Lewis Vago - 1871 - 144 頁
...mankind." And there can be no doubt that if we learn, as Robert Burns says — " To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion." It is less in the preface than by the perusal of this work that I hope the reader to become convinced... | |
 | Napoleon Bonaparte Wolfe - 1875 - 584 頁
...scribbled occasionally for a newspaper. " O, wad some power the giftie gi' us To see oursel's as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish...Mansfield, Mr. FB Plimpton, Mr. Granville Moody, Mr. Wm. M. Cony, and one or two others who really occupied positions which commanded the respect and confidence... | |
 | University of Madras - 1876 - 580 頁
...high As metaphysic wit can fly. (d.) 0 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. notice you have been pleased to take of my labours,"had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been... | |
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O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An... 
