escalier
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A corridor and escalier dérobé at the back of these two apartments admit the attendance of servants, without their passing through the vestibule.
From The Idler in France by Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
This time I ascended the magnificent escalier of Michel Angelo, having the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in front.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
Descending by the grand escalier he found himself in one of the narrow corridors which communicated by private staircases with the left wing of the palace.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
It was défense d'entrer, so we only wandered round the grounds and looked in at the windows, down the avenues and round the ponds and hundreds of statues, and went up the great escalier.
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
Before Freeman could make reply, she had passed out of the room, and commenced descending the escalier.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
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