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
Grace Carter, a Kingsbridge girl, had been asked to complete the quartette of adventurous damsels, while Miss Sallie Stuart, Ruth’s aunt had gone along as chaperon.
From The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies by Laura Dent Crane
Each of the quartette seemed to be singularly ill at ease.
From A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh
It was not a very happy quartette of lads who made their way back to the Darewell High School.
From Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp by Allen Chapman
