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
Each of the quartette seemed to be singularly ill at ease.
From A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh
At last I heard some of the Russian national songs—a quartette was singing them in one of the theatres.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
