Quadrilles

"The French country dances, or Contre-Danses (from the parties being placed opposite to each other,) since called Quadrilles (from their having four sides) which approximate nearly to the Cotillon, were first introduced to France about the middle of Lewis the Fifteenth's reign.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 Various

Quadrilles, waltzes, polkas, and mazurkas are danced with great vigour and much skill.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

“Our dance, I believe, Mrs. Mahony?” said a deep voice as the band struck up “The Rat Quadrilles.”

Australia Felix 2003

Perigourdine, La Matelotte, La Pavane, Les Forlanes, Minuets, &c. Quadrilles, when first introduced, were danced by four persons only: four more were soon added, and thus the complete square was formed; but the figures were materially different from those of the present period.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 Various

The spirit-stirring reminiscences evoked by the Ocean Quadrilles (full of life and vigour) belong to that glorious period when the fleets of England were, as they now again are, sweeping the seas.

Notes and Queries, Number 236, May 6, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various

Quadrilles and Virginia reels he was acquainted with, but tangos and Bostons and all the infinite varieties of the one-step were to him revelations, and revelations of a kind which caused him to gasp.

Cap'n Dan's Daughter Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

Costume Quadrilles of Buckingham Palace; and we deplore the squandering of so much melodramatic talent on a subject which we have hitherto reverenced as the figure of Truth arrayed in the simple argments

Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

Well, every one is going, and they're arranging to have, by way of novelty, Quadrilles of different nationalities.

The Limit Ada Leverson 1897

Devonshire and Lady Osborne Beauclerk, could execute the most complicated Quadrilles and Lancers on skates, and could do the most elaborate figures.

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

{1} Quadrilles danced early in the nineteenth century.

Late Lyrics and Earlier : with Many Other Verses Thomas Hardy 1884