| Peter Bayne - 1881 - 428 páginas
...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 ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion ; What airs in dress and gait wad lae' us,... | |
| 1882 - 636 páginas
...added as a corollary, " Over-estimated success is apt to turn the head of a general." " U wad some Power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us." Bajjoleon's $eberie at St. |jelen». BY MAJOR-GENERAL RP ANDERSON, HER MAJESTY'S (RETIRED) BENGAL ARMY.... | |
| William Meynell Whittemore - 1883 - 866 páginas
...proportion of it reaches our ears, unless we can respond to the petition of the Scottish bird :— " Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see uï." What piquant, pages might lie written anent the innocent criticisms of young children, with their... | |
| Maria Henrietta De la Cherois-Crommelin - 1883 - 462 páginas
...MET WHEN POLOUR^OF J^AIR ... POLOUR OF EYES... HEIGHT MORE REMARKS OF EYES... REMARKS " O ! wad some power the giftie gie us. To see oursels as ithers see us." — BURNS. NAME WE MET ... AND WHEtt . • WE MET ... V '•&.• j-ÎEIGHT MORE f^EMARKS JÍEIGHT MORE REMARKS... | |
| John Michels (Journalist) - 1888 - 450 páginas
...imported allies, a prodigious waste of food, — in its purchase, its preparation and use. " O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion." These lines prompted us to put the above... | |
| John Michels (Journalist) - 1888 - 346 páginas
...imported allies, a prodigious waste of food, — in its purchase, its preparation and use. " О wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion." These lines prompted us to put the above... | |
| J. McD. Scott - 1883 - 104 páginas
...he believes in his own. Theoretically he may, but practically he does not. Burns' lines " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us " are forever applicable. Our passions warp our judgment. So much is this so, that in the majority... | |
| Norman Fraser - 1884 - 198 páginas
...the wheels of spiritual progress would be done away with. CHAPTER IX. A GRASSMARKET ADVENTURE. ' ' Oh ! wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us ! " — Burns. HOMAS COWAN was one of these quiet, hard plodding students, who seemed always at work. He took very... | |
| James Smith Buck - 1884 - 538 páginas
...greater extent than we are willing to admit. How aptly the words of Scotland's bard apply to all of us : Oh wad some power the giftie gie' us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion ! Two lengthy and bitter articles from Mr.... | |
| Indiana. State Board of Agriculture - 1884 - 650 páginas
...or in any tabular or classified arrangement." Burns sung in a philosophical strain when he said : " Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ; It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion." Stati-ticp, more than all else beside, enable... | |
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