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
Only two of the quartette knew the secret of his radiance.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
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
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
