 | Edward Burt - 1822 - Liczba stron: 394
...former, is set in folds and girt round the waist, to make of it a short petticoat that reaches half way down the thigh, and the rest is brought over the shoulders,...sharpened piece of stick, so that they make pretty nearly the appearance of the poor women in London when they bring their gowns over their heads to shelter... | |
 | John Jamieson - 1825 - Liczba stron: 722
...— is set in folds and girt round the waist to make of it a short petticoat, that reaches half way down the thigh, and the rest is brought over the shoulders,...sometimes with a bodkin, or sharpened piece of stick." Letters from a Gentleman in the N. of S. ii. 184-5. KILTED, part. adj. Dressed in a kilt, as distinguished... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - Liczba stron: 524
...large as the former, is set in folds and girt round the waist to make of it a short petticoat that reaches half-way down the thigh, and the rest is brought...so that they make pretty near the appearance of the poor women in London when they bring their gowns over their heads to shelter them from the rain. In... | |
 | Edward Burt - 1876 - Liczba stron: 378
...former, is set in Folds and girt round the Waist, to make of it a short Petticoat that reaches half way down the Thigh, and the rest is brought over the Shoulders,...sharpened Piece of Stick, so that they make pretty nearly the Appearance of the poor Women in London when they bring their Gowns over their Heads to shelter... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - Liczba stron: 1246
...thigh, and the rtst is brought over the shoulder*,. ,and then fastened before, below the neck, vf ten with a fork, and sometimes with a bodkin, or sharpened piece of stick, so tint they make pretty near the appearance of the .poor worncu in London wli-jii they bring their gowns... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain - 1882 - Liczba stron: 598
...large as the former, is set in folds and girt round the waist to make of it a short petticoat that reaches halfway down the thigh, and the rest is brought over the shoulder, and then fastened before below the neck, often with a fork and sometimes with a bodkin or... | |
 | James Cameron Lees - 1897 - Liczba stron: 954
...large as the former, is set in folds and girt round the waist, to make of it a short petticoat that reaches half-way down the thigh, and the rest is brought over the shoulder and then fastened before below the neck. The stocking rises no higher than the thick of the... | |
 | Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger - 1992 - Liczba stron: 332
...method of wearing the plaid, set in folds and girt round the waist to make of it a short petticoat that reaches half-way down the thigh, and the rest is brought over the shoulders and then fastened before ... so that they make pretty near the appearance of the poor women in London when they bring their... | |
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Highlanders is far from being acceptable to the eye: with them a small part of the plaid, which is not so large as the former, is set in folds and girt round the waist to make of it a short petticoat that reaches half way down the thigh, and the rest... 