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In literature, the word "esplanade" is frequently employed to evoke a sense of wide-open space that serves as a stage for both everyday promenades and momentous events. It is portrayed as a grand, often landscaped thoroughfare where urban life unfolds, whether bathed in the gentle glow of evening lamps [1] or standing beside imposing monuments such as the Observatoire [2] and the Invalides [3]. The term not only denotes a physical space—a broad, sometimes fortified walkway or plaza—but also carries connotations of elegance and public order, setting the scene for everything from leisurely strolls and casual encounters [4, 5, 6] to military parades and dramatic historical episodes [7, 8, 9]. This layered imagery enriches narratives, imbuing the esplanade with both aesthetic beauty and symbolic importance.
  1. A thousand lamps began to blink along the esplanade which curves to the bend of the bay.
    — from The Amazing Argentine: A New Land of Enterprise by John Foster Fraser
  2. There he entered a cabriolet, which took him to the esplanade of the Observatoire.
    — from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  3. She then went to live with her son-in-law in a magnificent mansion overlooking the Esplanade des Invalides.
    — from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Cerfberr and Christophe
  4. Jeanne donned her hat and wandered along the wide esplanade viewing the city, the river and the surrounding country.
    — from A Daughter of the Union by Lucy Foster Madison
  5. There’s the esplanade where we walked that windy day.
    — from Bliss, and other stories by Katherine Mansfield
  6. He was seen taking her for a little walk along the esplanade.
    — from Twos and Threes by G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern
  7. There could be no doubt that this Esplanade was not looking its best under the blustering March wind.
    — from The Captives by Hugh Walpole
  8. He was marched to the Esplanade and shot, first by Truphemy and then by the others.
    — from Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
  9. The hearse passed the Bastille, traversed the small bridge, and reached the esplanade of the bridge of Austerlitz.
    — from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

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