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

A string quartette played softly in another room�not by hymns but music which he himself had loved.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

A member of this quartette of friends I am sure you will like is Paul Jones—slight, slender, audacious.

From The Auto Boys' Quest by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)

For an old bachelor like me, who has known no family—to secure the confidence and liking of such a quartette of young folk, is a privilege I fully appreciate.

From The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Hill, Grace Brooks