escalier

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Wives cried from escalier windows to their men to come in by and lie decently down, to be ready for their work in the morning.

From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Leaning back with half-closed eyes, he kept saying over and over to himself: "Devant une facade rose,     Sur le marbre d'un escalier."

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

The former �v�ch� is to-day the H�tel de Ville, but was built by Mansart in 1666, and has a fine escalier in sculptured stone.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Bernin s'ing�ra de creuser un des fameux piliers de St. Pierre pour y pratiquer un petit escalier montant � la tribune; aussit�t le d�me prit coup et se fendit.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

He enters the antechamber from the grand escalier.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various