 | Walter Scott - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1833 - 552 pages
...together, they could spread three folds of cloth below, and six above them. The garters of their stockings were tied under the knee, with a view to give more...; and they wore no breeches, that they might climb the mountains with greater ease. The lightness or looseness of their dress, the habit they had of going... | |
 | Walter Scott - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1833 - 496 pages
...together, they could spread three folds of cloth below, and six above them. The garters of then- stockings were tied under the knee, with a view to give more...; and they wore no breeches, that they might climb the mountains with greater ease. The lightness or looseness of their dress, the habit they had of going... | |
 | 1796 - 504 pages
...covering: for, when three men flept together, they could fpread three folds of cloth below and lix above them. The garters of their ftockings were tied...they might climb mountains with the greater eafe. The lightneis or loofenefs of their drefs, the habit they had of going always on foot, never on hprfeback... | |
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The garters of their stockings were tied under the knee, with a view to give more freedom to the limb; and they wore no breeches, that they might climb mountains with the greater ease. 
