escalier
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He enters the antechamber from the grand escalier.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
At length one fell on the centre of the escalier, rolled down a few steps, and, bursting, tore up the whole stair, leaving only a deep gulf between us and the portal.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
Leaning back with half- closed eyes, he kept saying over and over to himself,— Devant une façade rose, Sur le marbre d'un escalier.
From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The door on the right-hand end, on entering, opens to a less richly ornamented salon, inside which are two admirable bed-chambers and dressing-rooms, communicating by an escalier dérobé with a suite of servants' apartments.
From The Idler in France by Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
Ascending one marble flight of the grand escalier, one entered a lofty apartment whose noble proportions and richness of effect were most impressive.
From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Lilian Whiting
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