...rebellion of that year. There was an old epigram in vogue at the end of the last century : — " Had you seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands, and bless General Wade!" The apparent Ilibernicism was forgiven on account of the usefulness of the roads ; for...

...poet by the following verses, which preclude the necessity of saying he was an Irishman : — Had you seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands and bless Marshal Wade.'* Although the road is still ' a stern, and lone, yet lovely road,' we may traverse it...

...poet by the following verses, which preclude the necessity of saying he was an Irishman : — Had you seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands and bless Marshal Wade.'* Although the road is still ' a stern, and lone, yet lovely road,' we may traverse it...

...high and rugged mountains. An old epigram in vogue at the end of last century ran thus : — " Had you seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands and bless General Wade ! " Being constructed by soldiers for military purposes, they were first known as "military...

...high and nigged mountains. An old epigram in vogue at the end of last century ran thus : — " Had you seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands and bless General Wade ! " Being constructed by soldiers for military purposes, they were first known as "military...

...praise was sung by an Irish officer stationcd at Fort William, in the well-known lincs : " If yon'd seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands, and bless Gencral Wade." 8 A. Ho well, Mont. Coll., viii. 314. 4 Mont. Coll., vi. 200. >X \ I • a « \ •...

...but the second very much resembles that wellknown Hibernicism about General Wade : — " If you had seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands and bless General Wade." Supposing both inscriptions to refer to the tower, it is curious enough that the re-building...

...indeed strangely altered ; and as to the roads ! Well, they remind one of the old couplet, " If you'd seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands and bless General Wadu." Old inhabitants tell us that Squire Field's usual turn-out of four horses was often...

...but the second very much resembles that wellknown Hibernicism about General Wade : — " If you had seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands and bless General Wade." Supposing both inscriptions to refer to the tower, it is curious enough that the re-building...

...quoted, or rather misquoted ; which, when first published in Grose's Olio (p. 185), ran thus: — Had you seen these roads before they were made. You'd lift up your hands and bless Marshal Wade. The author of this couplet was General Caul5*6 527 field, who (it is superfluous to say)...