escalier

Example Sentences

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"L'esquif aborde et me dépose, Jetant son amarre au pilier, Devant une façade rose, Sur le marbre d'un escalier."

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

Leaning back with half-closed eyes, he kept saying over and over to himself: "Devant une facade rose,     Sur le marbre d'un escalier."

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

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)

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