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Balusters
For a moment the barrister thought, in his agitation, that he must have mistaken the floor, but, casting his eye over the baluster he saw that he had not passed the entresol.
–Honoré de Balzac in The Lesser Bourgeoisie.
The old staircase, of wood with heavy balusters, is covered all over with a green carpet.
–Honoré de Balzac in Beatrix.
The baluster of this staircase forms a spiral connecting itself by a square landing to five of the six sides of the tower, requiring at each landing transversal corbels which are decorated with arabesque carvings without and within.
–Honoré de Balzac in Catherine de Medici (tr Katherine Prescott Wormeley).
Judging by what we heard, she was absorbed in the old balusters now.
–Wilkie Collins in Jezebel's Daughter.
This pastime has the same fascination as sliding down the balusters; and it is said that even queens and princesses have been delighted with it.
–Henry van Dyke in Little Rivers.
But Von Gerhard did not signify by look or word that he had seen it, as he stood looking up at me, one strong white hand resting on the broad baluster.
–Edna Ferber in Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed.
I leaned over the balusters and listened.
–Edna Ferber in Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed.
She had remained upstairs, holding her child by the hand, and leaning over the baluster; her mind in great perplexity and her eyes and ears on the alert.
–Emile Gaboriau in Monsieur Lecoq.
She bent over the balusters to listen.
–Emile Gaboriau in The Clique of Gold.
The stairs, with wrought iron balusters, are wide and easy, and the ceilings twelve feet high.
–Emile Gaboriau in Other People's Money.
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Balusters
For a moment the barrister thought, in his agitation, that he must have mistaken the floor, but, casting his eye over the baluster he saw that he had not passed the entresol.
–Honoré de Balzac in The Lesser Bourgeoisie.
The old staircase, of wood with heavy balusters, is covered all over with a green carpet.
–Honoré de Balzac in Beatrix.
The baluster of this staircase forms a spiral connecting itself by a square landing to five of the six sides of the tower, requiring at each landing transversal corbels which are decorated with arabesque carvings without and within.
–Honoré de Balzac in Catherine de Medici (tr Katherine Prescott Wormeley).
Judging by what we heard, she was absorbed in the old balusters now.
–Wilkie Collins in Jezebel's Daughter.
This pastime has the same fascination as sliding down the balusters; and it is said that even queens and princesses have been delighted with it.
–Henry van Dyke in Little Rivers.
But Von Gerhard did not signify by look or word that he had seen it, as he stood looking up at me, one strong white hand resting on the broad baluster.
–Edna Ferber in Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed.
I leaned over the balusters and listened.
–Edna Ferber in Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed.
She had remained upstairs, holding her child by the hand, and leaning over the baluster; her mind in great perplexity and her eyes and ears on the alert.
–Emile Gaboriau in Monsieur Lecoq.
She bent over the balusters to listen.
–Emile Gaboriau in The Clique of Gold.
The stairs, with wrought iron balusters, are wide and easy, and the ceilings twelve feet high.
–Emile Gaboriau in Other People's Money.
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