quartette
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Nutrition faddist John Harvey Kellogg, whose sanatorium briefly embraced Fletcherism, tried to re-enliven mealtimes by hiring a quartette to sing “The Chewing Song,” an original Kellogg composition, while diners grimly toiled.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013
Into a household lately bereft of its entire corps of servitors, he introduces a quartette of nobles from the vicinity of the Volga.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon the quartette were mounting the stairs which led to the Stranger's room.
From A Second Coming by Richard Marsh
But then it was intended for a quartette only, and had served without question for four estimable persons during the long, peaceful rectorship of good old Parson Montgomery, who had but recently passed away.
From For the Major A Novelette by Constance Fenimore Woolson
Salabert quitted the group, of which he was the centre, and joined the quartette in the further corner of the room.
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
