escalier

Example Sentences

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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

Vous trouverez un petit escalier tournant, en bois.

From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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

At length one fell on the centre of the escalier, rolled down a few steps, and, bursting, tore up the whole stair, leaving only a deep gulf between us and the portal.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various

Adolphe, sauve la Marquise, cet escalier n'est pas perdu.

From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah