Stairs

Examples

• And what was Eva saying to Mammy on the stairs? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The servant who stood holding the door, asked no question of John, neither did he go before them or follow them as they went straight up-stairs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was indeed a moveable pair of stairs, the lowest end placed at ten feet distance from the wall of the chamber. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Would you come up-stairs and wait for her? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The former was carrying a heavy basket up the cellar stairs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• With which he hurried out of the room, down the stairs, up the coachsteps, and into the coach, without another word. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It's abominable, to be sure; but St. Clare will have high life below-stairs, and they every one of them live just as they please. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I went out and carried my bags up the stairs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• We drank the second grappa, Rinaldi put away the bottle and we went down the stairs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• So, if you say yes, I'll just go up-stairs and propose it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• A man's feet ascended the stairs. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Oliver having 'caught it,' in fulfilment of Noah's prediction, followed that young gentleman down the stairs to breakfast. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• A spare parlour and bedroom I refurnished entirely, with old mahogany and crimson upholstery: I laid canvas on the passage, and carpets on the stairs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And walked with a settled step, down-stairs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She falls from the lowermost stair, and is swallowed up in the gulf. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I staggered to my feet and ran with her along the corridor and down a winding stair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The singing again commenced, and rang through the high-roofed rooms, while we silently ascended the stair-case. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• George as a boy had been horsewhipped in this room many times; his mother sitting sick on the stair listening to the cuts of the whip. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I turned on the last step of the stair. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A small page admitted us, and we began at once to ascend the broad, well-carpeted stair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was a clang of the bell, followed instantly by heavy steps upon the stair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I understand you to say that there are three students who use this stair, and are in the habit of passing your door? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• This young man has left prints upon the stair-carpet which made it quite superfluous for me to ask to see those which he had made in the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Sedley was uncommon wild last night, sir, he whispered in confidence to Osborne, as the latter mounted the stair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The house was empty when at length he heard her step on the stair and strolled out of the billiard-room to join her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I stood with my lamp held out over the stair-rail, and he came slowly within its light. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• By the candle she held was revealed a narrow passage, terminating in a narrow stair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I ran frantically up the stair and along the passage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• You were not aware of any hurrying feet on the stair as you entered the outer door? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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