escalier

Example Sentences

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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)

The door on the right-hand end, on entering, opens to a less richly ornamented salon, inside which are two admirable bed-chambers and dressing-rooms, communicating by an escalier dérobé with a suite of servants' apartments.

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 facade rose,     Sur le marbre d'un escalier."

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

He enters the antechamber from the grand escalier.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

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)