salle a manger
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Scene: The salle a manger of the Bank of France in the Hotel de Toulouse, an historic palace built by the great architect Francois Mansart, for a natural son of Louis XIV.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the mere social instinct of long years, Alan Hawke recognized the man's perfunctory politeness, tipped him a couple of francs, and then, mechanically sauntered to a seat in the superb salle a manger.
From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Richard Savage
The quarters of Van Blarcom and his uniformed friends opened from the gallery above the street passage, facing the main portion of the inn which sheltered the kitchen and salle a manger.
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
Adrienne went through the ante-chamber, which served also as a salle a manger, and passed a small saloon, into the bed-chamber of her parent.
From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper
At six, dinner was announced; and my host conducted me into a large salle a manger, where a very numerous company were assembled—twenty-five or thirty in all.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Edgar Allan Poe
