escalier
Example Sentences
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And then, as he walked away to the escalier d'honneur, he told himself that on the whole the poor Poulains had taken his disagreeable piece of news very well.
From The End of Her Honeymoon by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
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
Before Freeman could make reply, she had passed out of the room, and commenced descending the escalier.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
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
Il me fit traverser une cour, et monter par un escalier fort étroit à une petite chambre qui étoit tout an haut de la tour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
