Citations:quarter


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * The quarter was so long, that he was more than once convinced he must have sunk into a doze unconsciously, and missed the clock.
 * Alleys and archways, like so many cesspools, disgorged their offences of smell, and dirt, and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter reeked with crime, with filth, and misery.