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descend even lower to a slave
At this time the two sons of Ancus, though they had before that always considered it the highest indignity that they had been deprived of their father's crown by the treachery of their guardian, that a [Pg 54] stranger should be king of Rome, who was not only not of a civic, but not even of an Italian family, yet now felt their indignation rise to a still higher pitch at the notion that the crown would not only not revert to them after Tarquin, but would descend even lower to a slave, so that in the same state about the hundredth year [50] after Romulus, descended from a deity, and a deity himself, occupied the throne as long as he lived, a slave, and one born of a slave, should now possess it.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

doors each leading to a staircase
In this shop, which is large and deep, there are two doors, each leading to a staircase.
— from Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas

deep entrance leading to a spacious
A SANTIAGO SUNSET Cuba is world-famed for its land-locked harbors, described as bottle-shaped, or purse-shaped, with a narrow but deep entrance leading to a spacious inland lagoon, secure from storms and affording room for vast fleets to ride at anchor.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

door evidently leading to a subcellar
A second later his eyes widened as he saw a trap door, evidently leading to a subcellar.
— from Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor, II


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