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"Porte-cochere" Quotes from Famous Books

... the forefront of his consciousness all that had occurred in the preceding hour, was deeply impressed by the scene at the moment of departure. The three machines stood like weird night monsters at the gravelled foot of the wide stairway under the unlighted porte-cochere. It was a dark night, and the lights of the motor-cars cut as sharply through the blackness as knives would cut through solid substance. The obsequious lackey—the automatic genie of the house which belonged to none of the three men,—stood like a graven ...

— Burning Daylight • Jack London

... hour later he was deposited under the bronze shelter of the porte-cochere belonging to an extremely expensive mansion overlooking the park; and presently, admitted, he prowled ponderously and softly about an over-gilded rococo reception-room. But all anxiety had now fled from his face; he coyly nipped the atmosphere at intervals ...

— Iole • Robert W. Chambers

... great extent in Manilla: the game played is Monte. We visited one of their gambling houses. Winding our way down a dark and narrow street, we arrived at a porte-cochere. The requisite signal was given, the door opened cautiously, and after some scrutiny we were ushered up a flight of stairs, and entered a room, in the centre of which was a table, round which were a group, composed of every class. An Indian ...

— Borneo and the Indian Archipelago - with drawings of costume and scenery • Frank S. Marryat

... about a mile long, and by the time the horses reached the top, Polly had them completely under her control. She stopped them, finally, under the old tumbled down porte-cochere of the hotel. They were trembling all over ...

— Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School • Dorothy Whitehill

... pulled up under the broad stone porte-cochere, Verplanck, who had been expecting us, led the way into his library, a great room, literally crowded with curios and objects of art which he had collected on his travels. It was a superb mental workshop, overlooking the bay, with a stretch of several miles ...

— The War Terror • Arthur B. Reeve

Words linked to "Porte-cochere" : entry, entranceway, entryway, entree, canopy, entrance