| Thomas De Quincey - 1825 - 340 sider
...when I apply to the English Walladmor the spirit of the old bull — " Had yon seen but these mails before they were made, You would lift up your eyes, and bless Marshal Wade ! " " A friend of mine" (as we all say, when we are looking out for a masque under which to praise... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1844 - 374 sider
...bivouac, when visiting the workmen, or inspecting the progress of distant operations, f " Had you but seen these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes, and bless General Wade !" FALLS OF FOYERS. 231 A heavy and continuous fall of rain imprisoned me in " the General's... | |
| William Mitchell Gillespie - 1847 - 460 sider
...admirer of the roads which Marsha) Wade opened through the Scottish Highlands : " Oh, had you only Been these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes and bless Marshal Wade !" His military road is said to have done more for the civilization of the Highlands than the preceding... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 386 sider
...' Walladmor ' is at his service, and he can judge for himself. Not reading German, let him take my word, when I apply to the English ' Walladmor ' the...would lift up your eyes, and bless Marshal Wade.' Here closed my explanations ; but, as a Penvoy or quod bene vortat to the whole concern, I added something... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 384 sider
...' Walladmor ' is at his service, and he can judge for himself. Not reading German, let him take my word, when I apply to the English ' Walladmor ' the...would lift up your eyes, and bless Marshal Wade.' Here closed my explanations ; but, as a Venvoy or quod bene vortat to the whole concern, I added something—... | |
| John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1851 - 332 sider
...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 evidence of the necessity... | |
| William Mitchell Gillespie - 1852 - 400 sider
...admirer of the roads which Marshal Wade opened through the Scottish Highlands : " Oh, had you only seen these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes and bless Marshal Wade !" His military road is said to have done more for the civihzation of the Highlands than the preceding... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1853 - 368 sider
...have afforded. I know not when I traversed ten miles whose scenic effect was • " Had you but seen these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes, and bless General Wade !" t Chambers, in his description, says : — " In times of comparative drought the water... | |
| William Mitchell Gillespie - 1855 - 398 sider
...admirer of the roads which Marshal Wade opened through the Scottish Highlands : " Oh, had you only seen these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes and blesa Marshal Wade !" His military road is said to have done more for the civihzation of the Highlands... | |
| 1872 - 488 sider
...blundering couplet written by an admirer of Marshal Wade's road in Scotland : " Oh, had you only seen these roads before they were made, You would lift up your eyes and bless Marshal Wade." PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. FROM THE 25TU CHAPTLR OF MATTHEW. BY EX The kingdom of heaven was likened,... | |
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