Staircases
[s'teəkeɪsɪz]
Examples
- All the unowned dogs who stray into the Inns of Court and pant about staircases and other dry places seeking water give short howls of aggravation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lights occasionally appeared in the different windows of the house, or glanced from the staircases, as if the inmates were retiring to rest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The summit of the tower was reached by staircases containing 1,793 steps, and by hydraulic elevators running in four stages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From this spot, Mr. Pickwick wandered along all the galleries, up and down all the staircases, and once again round the whole area of the yard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Edited by Ian