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The pews of this meeting-house were the usual oblong ones, where people sit close together with a ledge before them to support their hymn-books, liable only to occasional contact with the back of the next pew's heads or bonnets, and a place running under the seat of that pew where hats could be deposited, -- always at the risk of the owner, in case of injury by boots or crickets.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various

But now she came to sit under him every Sunday; and he could have wished her absent; for she diverted his thoughts from piety to the selections of texts applicable in the case of a woman who sat with arms knotted, and the frown of an intemperate schoolgirl forbidden speech; while her pew's firelight startlingly at intervals danced her sinister person into view, as from below.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868

But now she came to sit under him every Sunday; and he could have wished her absent; for she diverted his thoughts from piety to the selections of texts applicable in the case of a woman who sat with arms knotted, and the frown of an intemperate schoolgirl forbidden speech; while her pew's firelight startlingly at intervals danced her sinister person into view, as from below.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Our pew's on the opposite side of the church, and I could see their faces.

One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo 1867

The pews of this meeting-house were the usual oblong ones, where people sit close together, with a ledge before them to support their hymn-books, liable only to occasional contact with the back of the next pew's heads or bonnets, and a place running under the seat of that pew where hats could be deposited, -- always at the risk of the owner, in case of injury by boots or crickets.

Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

The pews of this meeting-house were the usual oblong ones, where people sit close together, with a ledge before them to support their hymn-books, liable only to occasional contact with the back of the next pew's heads or bonnets, and a place running under the seat of that pew where hats could be deposited, -- always at the risk of the owner, in case of injury by boots or crickets.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

Zero would have a new spiritual meaning this is a perfect example of distorted so called news. the pew's poll was based on 3003 people, 40+% don't even know his religion! this type of 'reporting' is just another example trying to sell newspapers and/or increase readership!

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a woman who sat with arms knotted, and the frown of an intemperate schoolgirl forbidden speech; while her pew's firelight startlingly at intervals danced her sinister person into view, as from below.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

His pew's right over opposite ourn -- on t'other side the pulpit. "

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884

His pew's right over opposite ourn -- on t'other side the pulpit. "

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 26 to 30 Mark Twain 1872