...engineer officer, who had been employed in converting them into practicable military roads, and whose poem begins, and, for aught I know, ends, as follows: "...before they were made, You would have held up your bands and bless'd General Wade." But, bad as the ordinary paths were, Montrose avoided them, and led...

...military roads, and whose poem begins, and, for aught I know, ends, as follows : " Had you but seen these roads before they were made, You would have held up your hands and blessed General Wade." But, bad as the ordinary paths were, Montrose avoided them, and led his army,...

...road-making Marshal, that an Irish engineer officer said or sung as follows : — " Had you but seen these roads before they were made, You would have held up your hands and bless'd General Wade." Ireland, we take it, is the only place in the world where people " see roads" " before they are made...

...lliese roads before ibey were made, You would have held up your hands and blessed General iva. I. ." But, bad as the ordinary paths were, Montrose avoided them, and led his army, like a herd of wild-deer, from mountain to mountain, and from forest to forest, where his enemies could learn nothing...

...had 21 VOL. ii. been employed in converting them into practicable military roads, and whose eulogium begins, and, for aught I know, ends, as follows :...they were made, You would have held up your hands and blessed General Wade." But, bad as the ordinary paths were, Montrose avoided them, and led his army,...

...employed in converting them into practicable military roads, and whose eulogium begins, and, for aught 1 know, ends, as follows : " Had you seen but these...they were made, You would have held up your hands and blessed General Wade." But, bad as the ordinary paths were, Montrose avoided them, and led his army,...

...officer who had been employed in converting them into practicable military roads, and whose eulogium begins, and, for aught I know, ends, as follows :...General Wade." But, bad as the ordinary paths were, Montroso avoided them, and led his army, like a herd of wild deer, from mountain to mountain, and from...

...let him take my word, when I apply to the English ' Walladmor ' the spirit of the old bull : — ' Had you seen but these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes, and bless Marshal Wade.' Here closed my explanations ; but, as a Venvoy or quod...

...him take my word, when I apply to the English ' Walladmor ' the spirit of the old bull : — • ' Had you seen but these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes, and bless Marshal Wade.' Here closed my explanations ; but, as a Penvoy or quod...

...rendered highways necessary for the transport of troops ; and the unhappy distich so well known — Had you seen but these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes and bless General Wade, is a further indirect evidence against them; while a direct...