common soldiery
Example Sentences
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He had always, on the other hand, affected much familiarity with the common soldiery.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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
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 Defoe, Daniel
Wives, sisters and daughters of hidalgos came to visit, and the common soldiery had their mates.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
While the common soldiery are throwing their dice in the camp thoroughfare, these are speaking of more serious things.
From An Easter Disciple The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight by Sanford, Arthur Benton
