escalier

Example Sentences

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I loved that escalier electrique; one day I will return and ascend and descend upon it for hours.

From The Lost Naval Papers by Copplestone, Bennet

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 Wilde, Oscar

From the Nu descendant un escalier, considered "an explosion in a fireworks factory" to his celebrated ready-mades, Duchamp pursued the call to "de-artify" art.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

L'esquif aborde et me depose,     Jetant son amarre au pilier, Devant une facade rose,     Sur le marbre d'un escalier.

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

Entering by the tower portal one comes at once to that magnificent grand escalier which is accounted one of the wonders of the French Renaissance.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche