 | CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK - 1852 - 398 pages
...pow'r the giftiegie us, To seo ouraels us others seo us ! It wad frao ruonio a blunder free us, And foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us. And e'en devotion! A FEW days after Erskine's departure, Mrs. Harvey entered Jane's room hastily,—" Our... | |
 | Robert Cox - Freedom of religion - 1853 - 744 pages
...power the giftie gic us To see oursels us other see us ! It wad frac inouïe n blunder free us. And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion !" If, then, there he any soundness in what we have supposed to be urged for King Charles, the true... | |
 | Louise Elemjay - 1853 - 300 pages
...pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursel's as ithers see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion ; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And e'en devotion !" But " mabby"* now, you, being only a collateral of the masculine gender, haven't been... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English periodicals - 1853 - 564 pages
...is not one of the sex who should not incessantly exclaim with Burns — О 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. In that case you would lose the foolish notion of imagining... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...the giftie gie us ^— To see oursels as ithers 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 upon thy venom'd stang, That shoots my tortur'd gums alang; An'... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...blastie's makin' ! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin' ! 0 wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae...in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion ! XLIX. EPISTLE TO J. RANKINE, ENCLOSING SOME POEMS. [The person to whom these verses are addressed... | |
 | Joseph Middleton (barrister.) - 1855 - 290 pages
...especial benefit of all entertaining similar feelings and prejudices — ' Oh wad some power 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 lae'e us, And ev'n devotion.' The whole of the... | |
 | Parsons Cooke - Lynn (Mass.) - 1855 - 458 pages
...have often looked at mine through theirs without injury. " 0, wad some power the giftie gie us, To sec oursels as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion ; What airs in dress and gait would lea' us, And e'en devotion ! " For two generations... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...with desire Insatiate, to explore, inquire. Moore's Lomes of the Angels 0 wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder tree us, An foolish notion : Burns I know is all the mourner sailh — Knowledge by... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 pages
...Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oureels as ithers see us ! It wad free monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n De1 otion ! ADDRESS TO THE TOOTH-ACHE. Mr curse upon thy venom'd stang, That shoots my torturM gums... | |
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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! 
