| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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Anything written in four parts or books, as Childe Harold. Anything compiled from four authors, as the Life of Thomas à Becket. Any history resting on the testimony of four independent authorities, as The Gospel History. | 1 |
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“The very authors of the Quadriloge itselfe or song of foure parts … doe all with one pen and mouth acknowledge the same.”—Lambarde: Perambulation, p. 55. |
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