common soldiery
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What country but ours supplies such material to the ranks of its common soldiery?
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
This battle was memorable because the English loss was mostly confined to the common soldiery, while among the French it was peculiarly fatal to the nobility.
From Comic History of England by Bill Nye
He had always, on the other hand, affected much familiarity with the common soldiery.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
Wives, sisters and daughters of hidalgos came to visit, and the common soldiery had their mates.
From 1492 by Mary Johnston
Some of our common soldiery are, and I hope unjustly, suspected.
From Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe by Daniel Defoe
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