 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... | |
 | 1833 - 480 ページ
...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 ページ
...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.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 236 ページ
...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 THE TOOTH-ACHE. MY curse... | |
 | 1835 - 616 ページ
...tht Microcosm. SELF INSPECTION. '' 0, wad some power the giftie gie us To tee'ourselt as others set 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 !" AFTER reflecting an hour this morning... | |
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An' set your beauties a' abread ! Ye little ken what cursed speed 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... 
