 | 1835 - 616 pages
...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 on some errors in theory and practice, prevalent among mothers... | |
 | 1836 - 422 pages
...HYPOCHONDRIACISM. О wad some power the giftie gie us. To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monte a blunder free us, An' foolish notion ; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us. An' e'en devotion ! — Burnt. HrpocHONimiAcisM is a disorder produced by the disorganization of the... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Child care - 1838 - 220 pages
...slightest peep into our own. O wad some Power the giftie gie us, To see ourselves as others see us I It wad frae monie a blunder free us An' foolish notion : What airs in dress and gait wad leave us, And even devotion ! Burns. CHAPTER VI. OP SLEEP, AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...makin ! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice talon ! 0 wad some power the giftie gie u», To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion ; What airs to dress and gait wad lea'e us, And e'en devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice talon ! 0 wad some power the giftie gie ui, To lee at the stall he read. Among the hills He gazed upon that might And foolish notion ; What airs in dress and gait wad lea'em, And e'en devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.... | |
 | John Mather Austin - Conduct of life - 1839 - 496 pages
...whose regard they would win, how differently would they conduct. 4 " O wad soi ai.: power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion." The most abandoned of the female sex, can and do flaunt in attire as gay and fashionable,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...blastie's makin' ! Thae winks and finger-ends, 1 dread, Are notice takin' ! О wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae...Some of his lady patronesses expostulated, and some critics frowned : it was all to no purpose. When once a man of genius begins to sacrifice his own judgment... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1870 - 552 pages
...gael arnom, teimlwn briodoldeb dymuniad y bardd Ysgotaidd — " О had some power the gif tie gie ns To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion." 6. Mae ein cyfansoddiad corffbrol yn rhan bwysig o honom ein Imnaiii; ас yn... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1841 - 296 pages
...REPROOF. 171 perfections before I ventured to rebuke those of another. " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion." If it were only half as easy to amend ourselves, as to... | |
 | Ireland - 1841 - 435 pages
...; and hence the poet Burns well exclaims, " Oh, wad some power the giftie gi'e us, To see oursells as others see us ; It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion. What airs in dress and gait wad lea' us, And e'en devotion !" Determined, however,... | |
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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! 
