escalier

Example Sentences

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“Monsieur Ebaté is at the escalier dérobé,” said she.

From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah

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)

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

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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Ascending one marble flight of the grand escalier, one entered a lofty apartment whose noble proportions and richness of effect were most impressive.

From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Whiting, Lilian