...in the fatal malady of conceit and vanity, as to be beyond the reach even of Bnrns's prayer — " O that some god the gift would gie us, To see ourselves as others see us !" So much, perhaps too much, on Prince Puckler-Muskau's personality. We must now proceed...

...in the fatal malady of conceit and vanity, as to be beyond the reach even of Burus's prayer — " О that some god the gift would gie us, To see ourselves as others see us !" So much, perhaps too much, on Prince Puckler-Muskau's personality. We must now proceed...

...own italics] ; and that they were allowed to make odious any thing that was amiss."§ O that the Lord the gift would gie us, To see ourselves as ithers see us ! i Baxter could easily perceive that the sectaries needed amendment, rather than the Prayer Book with...

...the contrary, in the very best of company — that is, in company with himself: — "Oh, if the Gods the gift would gie us, To see ourselves as ithers see us, It would fra many a blunder free us, And foolish notion." We just thought as we were about to finish...

...great deal better than you do, and the motives which actuate her, though she little thinks so." f " ' Oh, that some god the gift would gie us To see ourselves...in the world if that wish could come true ! To see our« selves as others see us would be just as far from the truth as our own estimate of our characters....

...possible for students to find out how what they do sounds to others. Burns' wish that "some great power the gift would gi'e us to see ourselves as ithers see us," is even more necessary in what we hear than in what we see, for the singer never hears his own voice...