escalier
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 Marie Belloc Lowndes
Before Freeman could make reply, she had passed out of the room, and commenced descending the escalier.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
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
