The balustrade was loose and was a danger to anyone using the stairway. From LearnThat.org.
The two-storey Casa Griesen with its balustrade is closer to Avenida Juarez. From Wordnik.com. [Chihuahua City, Pancho Villa and Parral de Hidalgo] Reference
The swinging balustrade is transmitted through their arm directly into into the inner ear. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
The sprite in the centre of the balustrade is the most winsome of the company. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation] Reference
We darted into a doorway, crouched behind a balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
A balustrade four feet high was built along its outer edge. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
They sat side by side, leaning against the stone balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
There is the balustrade which fenced off the bed of majesty. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
A section of the balustrade and cornice is shown by Fig. 302. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Bettina remained long, leaning on the balustrade of her balcony. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Therese, resting on the balustrade, bathed her eyes in the light. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The passage ended in an arch, beyond which appeared a balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
It was the balustrade round the open turret where hung the great bell. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
She glided out to the stairway, and stood, peering down over the balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
The wide staircase, of carved oak, is bordered by a bronze balustrade, made by. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
However, Jim was able to partially save himself by gripping at the balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
She knew exactly what was happening on the other side of the stone balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse] Reference
For a few moments he leaned over the balustrade of the terrace and looked around. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Nearer came the feet, and I peered between the interstices of the screening balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
Leaning upon the balustrade, she gazed at the deep, rapid river which flowed at her feet. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Quiet that woman, someone -- Chalmers, see to her," Roger cried, vaulting over the balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
With a tense forefinger he pointed over the low stone balustrade at the right-hand side of the steps. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Wishing to study the crowd without himself being seen, he climbed on to the marble balustrade of the Outer. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Captain Stevenson half sits on the balustrade, with the terrier beside him gazing up wistfully into his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
The building stands on a hill, and is approached by a magnificent flight of steps, guarded by a heavy balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Nash designed most of its rooms as well as the daunting Grand Staircase, whose balustrade alone cost 3,900 back in 1828. From Wordnik.com. [Buckingham Stops Here!] Reference
Round the top of the building as well as of the towers extends a balustrade of stiff sculpture resembling acanthus leaves. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The fine porch, lightly and delicately sculptured, is surmounted by a balustrade, whence the episcopal benediction was given. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
The boys fought desperately, and slowly forced their antagonists back against a light balustrade that guarded the stair well. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
"Please, sir," said he to the Doctor, who was sitting cross-legged on the balustrade, with his red silk umbrella over his head. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
As they went, talking and laughing, together across the hall, a white-faced woman leaned over the balustrade above, and watched them. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
They proceeded to the hall, and soon reached the great staircase, which was of white marble, with a handsome balustrade on each side. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
The moon was bright as day and the early May dew brought out the fragrance of the jessamine and clematis climbing over the balustrade. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Immigrant] Reference
I was leaning over the balustrade of my window, which, from the third story of the hotel, "gave," as they term it, into the Grande Place. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
For a long time she stood leaning against the balustrade, gazing thoughtfully across the bay to that lonely house on the slope of the cliff. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Near him, Choulette, seated on the balustrade of the terrace, his legs hanging, and his nose in his beard, was still at work on the figure of. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Martin-Belleme and Madame Marmet to her pink-tinted house at Fiesole, which, crowned with a long balustrade, overlooked the incomparable city. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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