...that it was almost certain death to his patient to do so. May we not well exclaim, with Burns — " O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us." Another practitioner in Kennaquhair, who had got so much into the habit of " sir"-ing everybody that...

...notice takin' ! 0 wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frac mony a blunder free us An' foolish notion ; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An ev'n devotion ! EPISTLE TO J. RANKINE, ENCLOSING SOUR POEMS. [The person to whom these...

...dispense with much of the pathogeuetic indications offered for our guidance. OUR ERRORS. " 0 wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us." IT seems a long time since our allopathic friends have deigned to notice us, and we cannot help feeling...

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...second consciousness by which we could judge ourselves ; and Burns, you know, exclaims, — " 0 wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! " but I agree neither with the philosopher nor the poet, foi conscience is that second consciousness,...

...seems a most inhuman and barbarous custom. But " O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion." I remember that while in China this custom came up for discussion in the native...

...put out the gas." Catherine went slowly upstairs, thinking of the familiar lines — " Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us." CHAPTER IX. MAKING THE BEST OF IT. "MOTHER," said Anne the next evening, " are you vexed with me ?...

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...v. 53. See the note on the passage. So Burns, " 0 wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion. 300. sic is the usual commencement of invocations. See note on 2 Sat. ii. 124....

...man. Discovering his scoundrelism, we marked him. The mean pup afterwards bragged of it " 0 wad some power the giftie gie us, * To see oursels as ithers see us/' If the gods should vouchsafe to deal with such men, they would not call on the mountains to fall on...