well-staircase

Miss Joliffe and Anastasia had between them carried the portmanteau up the great well-staircase of stone, which ran from top to bottom of the house.

The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895

He lit a candle and went down, down the great well-staircase where the stone steps echoed under his feet.

The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895

He rang his bell with reluctance, and when he did so, often went out on to the landing and shouted directions down the well-staircase, in the hopes of sparing any unnecessary climbing of the great nights of stone steps.

The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895

Having found the door, and spent five minutes by the hinges -- searching for the key-hole, he gets within; and spends five more -- trying to ignite an extinguisher; -- cautiously stealing to bed, throwing his _paletôt_ over the top banister, and the contents of its pockets down the well-staircase, to the awakening of the whole house.

Christmas Comes but Once A Year Showing What Mr. Brown Did, Thought, and Intended to Do, during that Festive Season. John Leighton 1867

Twenty-nine feet above high-water mark, it is of solid masonry; in the next eighteen feet there is a well-staircase seven feet in diameter, all the courses being secured in the most perfect manner.

A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Across the top of the well-staircase there runs a massive oak rail; and, raising her eyes accidentally, she saw an extremely odd-looking stranger, slim and long, leaning carelessly over with a pipe between his finger and thumb.

Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

Passing through the arch at the back of the hall, you come upon the wide and heavy well-staircase.

Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

[(well-staircase, that received air from several holes left purposely) 29.1 (in the wall; terror kept)] TJ

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