escalier

Example Sentences

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And then, as he walked away to the escalier d'honneur, he told himself that on the whole the poor Poulains had taken his disagreeable piece of news very well.

From The End of Her Honeymoon by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

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)

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

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

This time I ascended the magnificent escalier of Michel Angelo, having the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in front.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

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