pair of stairs
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I went up one pair of stairs; 2.
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole
Accordingly I moved my bed into the two pair of stairs room, which one of my lodgers then quitted; this was about nine months before her unhappy death.
From The Affecting Case of the Unfortunate Thomas Daniels by Thomas Daniels
As soon after breakfast as Robert had finished his regular work we mounted two pair of stairs "to clear up the attic."
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Elizabeth Ware Pearson
At a little distance from the falls is a tavern, where they left the carriage, and went on foot through thick woods, from which a pair of stairs conducted to the falls.
From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Amelia Stratton Comfield
At this time Marvell was living in a court off the Strand, up two pair of stairs, and there Lord Danby, abruptly opening the door, discovered him writing.
From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by H. G. Somerville
