 | 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
..." And God 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
...ken what 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 - Painters - 1831 - 318 pages
...and Folly , and has done for a class what the Bard of Coila has supplicated for all: « О 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... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 440 pages
...laid, li vertu ilu coeur. Lamartine. " GERALDINE, do you remember, what Burns says ? ' Oh wad some Power the giftie gie us' To see oursels, as others see us '.• But his application was not to externals, mine, is." " Well, my dear father, and what then ?... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...Te little ken 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... | |
 | James Hogg - Scotland - 1837 - 374 pages
...bless you,'' added she, " for this unmerited kindness to a poor friendless orphan." '' O \vad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us !" says Burns ; but I have often thought this prayer should be reversed ; for if we knew the motives... | |
 | 1831 - 602 pages
...but the right 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...ken what cursed speed The blastie's roakin! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others sec us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion ; What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e... | |
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O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us! 
