pair of stairs
Example Sentences
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Faith is then the ground floor, hope is up one pair of stairs.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
About 11 o’clock at night I was sent under a strong guard, up three pair of stairs in Scotland Yard, into a very small chamber.
From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Manly, Louise
Soon they reached another climb, up a series of rocks that looked almost like a pair of stairs.
From The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice by Richards, Dick
She lies in the watchet-coloured chamber, on the right hand, one pair of stairs.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William
A snuffy old woman made her appearance, peered at me through her spectacles, and then stumped up a pair of stairs which faced the door.
From Valerie by Marryat, Frederick
