| Alexander Campbell - 1802 - Страниц: 504
...Tuisdiefsisfimilar tothatworu by the Belgic Gauls, as Strabo relates. — Strab. lib. iv. " /«/) : the plaid is tied round the middle with a leather...for footmen is found much eafier and lighter than breechet or " troivis. " The ancient drefs wore by the women, and which is yet " wore by fome of the... | |
| John Pinkerton - 1809 - Страниц: 964
...the defcription of C.Tacitus) : the piad is tied round the middle with a leather belt ; it is plaited from the belt to the knee very nicely : this drefs...and which is yet wore by fome of the vulgar, called arijad, is a white piad, having a few fmall itripes of black, blue, and red ; it reached from the neck... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - Страниц: 844
...bone or wood — just as the spinn wore by the Germans, arcording to the description of C. Tacitus. after death as before it was niaterialed into life...the souls of men know neither contrary or corruption dress for íoot-mcu is found much eusiul' aud lighter than breeches or trews. The plaid (for women)... | |
| Donald Gregory - 1847 - Страниц: 456
...wood (just as the spina wore by the. Germans, according to the description of C. Tacitus). The plad is tied round the middle with a leather belt; it is...pleated from the belt to the knee very nicely. This dress for footmen is found much easier and lighter than breeches or trowis. The ancient dress wore... | |
| James Alexander Robertson - 1865 - Страниц: 442
...icood (just as the spina wore by the Germans, according to the description of C. Tacitus). The plad is tied round the middle with a leather belt ; it...pleated from the belt to the knee very nicely. This dress for footmen is found much easier and lig'hter than breeches or trowis. ***** The ancient way... | |
| James Alexander Robertson - 1866 - Страниц: 612
...wood (just as the ipina wore by the Germans, according to the description of C. Tacitus). The plad is tied round the middle with a leather belt ; it...pleated from the belt to the knee very nicely. This dress for footmen is found much easier and lighter than breeches or trowis. ****** The ancient way... | |
| James Alexander Robertson - 1866 - Страниц: 622
...wood (just as the spina wore by the Germans, according1 to the ikfcription of C. Tacitus). The plad is tied round the middle with a leather belt ; it is pleated from the belt to the hiee rtry nicety. This dress for footmen is found much easier and lighter than breeches or trowis.... | |
| Inverness Gaelic Society - 1878 - Страниц: 322
...country distemper, the whole is very disagreeable to the eye." (Martin, on the other hand, says—" The plaid is tied round the middle with a leather belt. It is plaited from the belt to the knee very nicely.") Burt is here, evidently, as in many other instances,... | |
| Alexander Mackenzie - 1883 - Страниц: 640
...in his " Tour to the Western Isles," published in 17o2, gives a very good account of it. He says — "The plaid is tied round the middle with a leather belt. It is plaited from the waste to the knee very nicely. This dress for footmen is found much easier and lighter... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - Страниц: 428
...bone or wood— just as the spina wore by the Germans, according to the description of C. Tacitus. The plaid is tied round the middle with a leather...pleated from the belt to the knee very nicely. This dress for foot-men is found much easier and lighter than breeches or trews. The plaid (for women) being... | |
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