 | 1822 - 376 pages
...threw them all into 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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...An' set your beauties a' abread ! Ye little ken what cursed speed The blastie's 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...head, 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 !...in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. EDINA ! Scotia's darling seat! All hail thy palaces and tow'rs, Where once... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...notice takin ! O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us I It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e as, And ev'n Devotion ! BURN S. HALLOWEEN, AND OTHER POEMS. But nust a fit, an' in. thr pool Out,ovrrc... | |
 | Caroline Fry - 1830 - 392 pages
...mean little else than conformity to the narrow ideas of the individual who uses it. No. XXIV. A FABLE. O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels...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... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...notice takin* ! О wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To *« ountU at athert see vs ! It wad frae raonie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. EDI VA ! Scofia't darling seat ! All hail thy palaces and tow'rs, Where once... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...I dread. Are notice tokin ! O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To SI:F, oursds as others see to .' It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an1 gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. EDINA ! Scotia's darling scat ! All... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...a' abread ! • Ye little ken what cursed speed The blastie's9 niakin! Thae winks and tinger-ends. 1 dread, Are notice takin ! 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 and gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion!... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 284 pages
...misformed, 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 pages
...when the unweared company 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...airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us And ev'n Devotion '. Buna. THERE was a certain country, the inhabitants ol which, though possessing not only the necessaries... | |
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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 
