| Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 690 páginas
...EYE. Every one has his faults, but we see not the wallet that is behind. Rurns says : — " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us." So Psalm xix. 13 : — " Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me from secret faults." THE PLEASURE... | |
| John Strange Winter - 1884 - 364 páginas
...love with him ; now there was no doubt whatever about the hat, but as for the other — Oh 1 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. The Cuirassiers had been quartered in Blankhampton... | |
| Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 694 páginas
...EYE. Every one has his faults, but we see not the wallet that is behind. Burns says : — " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us." So Psalm xix. 13: — " Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me from secret faults." • THE... | |
| Phaedrus - 1884 - 132 páginas
...vulpecula 1o evasit puteo, nixa celsis cornibus, hircum-que clause liquit haerentem vado. XXV. ' 0 wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us ! ' Peras imposuit Juppiter nobis duas : propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit, alienis ante pectus... | |
| James Erwin - 1884 - 406 páginas
...Christian propriety. You have read the expressive lines of Scotland's favorite bard : " O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us : It wad fra monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion." While I regret your want of prudence, I... | |
| Joseph Scott (of Manchester.) - 1884 - 78 páginas
...A7. November 25, 1834. LEAVES FKOM THE DIARY OF A CITIZENS' AUDITOB, BY JOSEPH SCOTT. O ! 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. EOEEET BUBNS. I. INTEODUCTOEY. IFrora The... | |
| 1886 - 808 páginas
...above the waist save a narrow strip, a goodly application of cosmetics, and a lively imagination. (, "Oh, 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." A correspondent of one of the leading newspapers,... | |
| 1886 - 476 páginas
...Wut they don't know aint hardly wuth the knowinV If an Englishman ever quotes with Burns " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us'" let him read the Biglow Papers,for therein "England's selfcomplacency has received some severe snubs,"... | |
| Alexander Melville Bell - 1886 - 236 páginas
...an improver of manners, when it is used to supply the want referred to by Robert Burns: " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us." In this way, we are frequently made conscious of some peculiarity... | |
| Alexander Melville Bell - 1886 - 232 páginas
...an improver of manners, when it is used to supply the want referred to by Robert Burns: " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us." In this way, we are frequently made conscious of some peculiarity... | |
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