 O wad some pow'r 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 lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.  The Listener - Page 259by Caroline Fry - 1833 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...Showed him the gentleman and scholar. The Tica Days. O 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. To a Louie. 1 Man was made when Nature was But an apprentice, but woman when she . Was a skilful mistress... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - American literature - 1883 - 302 pages
...moment white, then melts for ever. Tom <f Shanter. 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 and gait wad lae' us, And e'en devotion ! To a Louse. The best-laid schemes o' mice... | |
 | Frederick William Hackwood - Moral education - 1883 - 224 pages
...and modest plan of taking to a tree. (2) Vanity. '0 wad some Power the glftie gle us To see oursel's as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion." (3) Impudent Assur(4) Self-assertion. (2) Teach that if we set but a JUST VALUE on ourselves we have... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1888 - 450 pages
...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 question to a Frenchman, for many years master of the household... | |
 | Allan Craig - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1975 - 190 pages
...acknowledges that many eyes see many things in many "O wad some pow'r 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 lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion." "Be thou diligent to know the state of... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
...And the conclusion has a simple proverbial note: O wad some Pow'r the gif tie 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, An ev'n Devotion! "To a Mouse," one of... | |
 | David J. Hesselgrave - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 676 pages
...situation. Recall Robert Burns's words: O wad some power the giftie gie us To see ouisel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, and foolish notion.1 But if such a gift would be profitable, it is not very likely to come as a gift! Let the thoughtful... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...your fit upon her, Sae fine a lady! (1. 7-10) 58 O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels I and my Annabel Lee — With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion! BLPA; EnRP; FaFP; InvP; LiTB; NAEL-2;... | |
 | Margaret M. Lock - Social Science - 1994 - 494 pages
...Epilogue The Politics of AgingFlashes of Immortality O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. (Robert Burns, "To a Louse") The position I have taken in writing this book is... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Fiction - 1995 - 203 pages
...leave the communication to accident. CHAPTER XIV Oh, wad some pow'r 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 lea'e us, And e'on devotion! Afe few days after Erskine's departure,... | |
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