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

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

Son escalier, tapiss� d'inscriptions et de bas-reliefs antiques, fait croire que nous entrons dans un mus�e.

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

He enters the antechamber from the grand escalier.

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

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