 O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An  Sketches of American Character - Page 191by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1838 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Bolton, Dorothy Grover Bolton - Self-Help - 1984 - 196 pages
...Robert Burns, the Scottish bard, wrote: O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion:28 ANALYTICAL Less Assertiveness and Less Responsiveness DRIVER More Assertiveness and Less... | |
 | R.B. Burns - Medical - 1991 - 384 pages
...(Monkes Tale), and Robert Burns' plea, Oh wad some pow'r the giftie gie us to see oursels as ithers see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An foolish notion. Dobzhansky (1967), the famous geneticist, claims self-awareness as the fundamental characteristic and... | |
 | Margaret M. Lock - Social Science - 1994 - 494 pages
...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 that knowledge about... | |
 | Arnold B. Kanter - Law - 1996 - 234 pages
...Burns, wrote in his 1786 poem "To a Louse": Oh 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. Lawyers have no better giftie than other professions to see oursels as others see us. Some would say... | |
 | Charley Rosen - Fiction - 1998 - 292 pages
...Clearing my throat, I recite the following: 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: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion! "What is that?" Chet is astounded. "It's Jewish." "I... | |
 | Cary L. Cooper, Lawrence A. Pervin - 672 pages
...louse crawling on her in church, wrote: O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers 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! George Mead (1934) expanded upon Cooley's looking-glass... | |
 | William Barclay - Religion - 1999 - 228 pages
...spirit. Burns was right when he wrote: O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers 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! It would often be a salutary experience to know what... | |
 | Sidney J. Levy - Business & Economics - 1999 - 612 pages
...Technique Deborah D. Hersley Sidney J. Levy Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, an' foolish notion. —Robert Burns, 1786 This article presents a literature review that explains the antecedents and values... | |
 | Charles Buckley - History - 2000 - 100 pages
...in the Koran and books of like nature. O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, an' foolish notion: What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us An ev'n devotion Robert Burns Whenever the Lord builds a house of prayer... | |
 | Alexander Broadie - Philosophy - 2000 - 116 pages
...he makes of the incident is pure Smith: 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: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion! (To a Louse, stanza 8) It is hard to believe that Burns... | |
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