...church, but remain in large halls, on each side of the altar, which they see through a spacious window; the men on one side and the women on the other; and they are divided into distinct classes, the unmarried having no intercourse with the married. The men...

...Anthony Sparrow.' It is the representation of a Church of England congregation, all meekly kneeling — the men on one side, and the women on the other, and the minister kneeling in the midst. The authority of his place, the fervour of his zeal, and the piety...

...it was divided into two portions, — the aula or open space where the congregation was assembled, the men on one side and the women on the other, and the narthex for the catechumens and the lesser penitents. One of the lateral aisles, as in the courts...

...it was divided into two portions, — the avía or open space where the congregation was assembled, the men on one side and the women on the other, and the narthex, nearest the door, for the penitents (a name derived from narthex, a stick with an iron...

...the arrangement of the faithful in the church, informs us, that the " Hearers were seated in order ; the men on one side, and the women on the other ; and to be more separated, the women went up in the high galleries, if there were any " (\ XL.). The historian...

...Lincoln says : — " Lingua romana coram elericis saporem iuavitatis non habet." (De La Marehe,/. 234.) had a fancy for making sermons in rhyme — sermones...Carissimi," " Bele Gens" "Bele Segnors," "Douce Gent," "Signor et Dames" Sometimes, if the preacher said something offensive, or made use of unsound or heretical...

...place — if it were an ordinary Sunday, and the preacher addressed the people in an instruction-rafter the Gospel, as is still the custom to this day. *...Carissimi" " Bele Gens" "Bele Segnors" "Douce Gent? "Signor et Dames!' Sometimes, if the preacher said something offensive, or made use of unsound or heretical...

...Pei-tang. Mass was going on, at which a large body of the faithful were assisting. They were all natives, arranged with the men on one side, and the women on the other. In the transept, five or six Sisters of charity were kneeling in the midst of their pupils —...

...Pei-tang. Mass was going on, at which a large body of the faithful were assisting. They were all natives, arranged with the men on one side, and the women on the other. In the transept, five or six Sisters of Charity were kneeling in the midst of their pupils —...

...people behave much better than an English crowd would do ; they generally sit a short distance off, the men on one side, and the women on the other, and though doubtless they discuss one freely, one does not hear their remarks often, nor do they annoy...