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
Among the vilest of the lampooners of that age were a quartette of literary hacks who for some years were engaged in denouncing the federalist party and government.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
Dave and Phil, now some distance forward, also hastened back, and together the quartette climbed the rise of ground toward the woods.
From The Auto Boys' Quest by James A. (James Andrew) Braden
At last one of the quartette, biting his lips for fear of laughing outright, held out his hand with a contemptuous gesture, saying: "Good-bye, Salabert—au revoir."
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
