escalier

Example Sentences

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It was défense d'entrer, so we only wandered round the grounds and looked in at the windows, down the avenues and round the ponds and hundreds of statues, and went up the great escalier.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

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

Bernin s'ing�ra de creuser un des fameux piliers de St. Pierre pour y pratiquer un petit escalier montant � la tribune; aussit�t le d�me prit coup et se fendit.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

From the Nu descendant un escalier, considered "an explosion in a fireworks factory" to his celebrated ready-mades, Duchamp pursued the call to "de-artify" art.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

"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