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" 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! "
A Voice to Youth: Addressed to Young Men and Young Ladies - Page 329
by John Mather Austin - 1839 - 424 pages
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1844 - 784 pages
...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...
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The Works of Robert Burns: Poems formerly published, with some additions ...

Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...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...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Collated with the Best Editions, Volumes 1-2

Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...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....
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The Works of Robert Burns;: Poems formerly published, with some additions

Robert Burns - 1820 - 458 pages
...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...
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Winter Evening Tales: Collected Among the Cottagers in the South ..., Volume 2

James Hogg - 1821 - 352 pages
...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...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...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...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...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...
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New-England Tale; or Sketches of New-England Character and Manners

1822 - 376 pages
...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...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1

1823 - 494 pages
...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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Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect

Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...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 ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. EDINA ! Scotia's...
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