escalier

Example Sentences

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Entering by the tower portal one comes at once to that magnificent grand escalier which is accounted one of the wonders of the French Renaissance.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

It is this tower which contains the "escalier des voitures."

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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 Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

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