Staircase in example sentence

'Up a wide and ancient staircase the smart girl preceded Tom, shading the chamber candle with her hand, to protect it from the currents of air which in such a rambling old place might have found plenty of room to disport themselves in, without blowing the candle out, but which did blow it out nevertheless--thus affording Tom's enemies an opportunity of asserting that it was he, and not the wind, who extinguished the candle, and that while he pretended to be blowing it alight again, he was in fact kissing the girl.

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I got that staircase for 20 dollars, including delivery to my lot.

So for a second, think about stepping down a gradual, monumental staircase like the one in front of the New York Public Library.

That's a totally different experience than going down the narrow staircase to, say, an old pub, where you spill into the room.

The staircase that remained standing after September 11th and the attack on the World Trade Center was dubbed the "Survivors' Staircase," because it played such a central role in leading hundreds of people to safety.

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