 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...cursed speed The blastie's makin ! Thae winks and finger ends, I dread, Are 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,... | |
 | G. Hamilton - 1831 - 318 pages
...and Folly , and has done for a class what the Bard of Coila has supplicated for all: « Î wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us. » This is a clever production full of character and spirit by a rising artist of much promise : it... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...what cursed speed 13t1 POEMS. Thae winks and finger etds, I dread, Are notice takin' ! /O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us I It wad frae nionie a hlunder free us, And foolish notion ix"' What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e... | |
 | 1869 - 612 pages
...themselves with it, believing that a due appreciation of the ejaculation of the poet, — " 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," — would have saved the author much irritation... | |
 | 1831 - 602 pages
...effect upon sane minds, and hearts which are not utterly depraved. Burns has said — ' O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! ' but nothing can better assist us in forming a just estimate of men than to see them as they see themselves.... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...cursed speed The blastie'« miki Thac winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice tatin ! 0 wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frac monie a blunder free us And foolish notion What airs in dress and gait wad lea'et And... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...who is neither prized, respected, sought, nor cared for. Burns, I think, has said, — " O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us : It wad fra' mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion." And Burns is right, indisputably right.... | |
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O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us... 
