common soldiery
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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
Bribery and treason could not be imputed to men so well esteemed, and the opinion gained ground among the common soldiery, that the peddler had dealings with the dark one.
From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore
Wives, sisters and daughters of hidalgos came to visit, and the common soldiery had their mates.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
"In New York, in 1776, a rage for plundering, under pretence of taking Tory property, infected many of the common soldiery, and even some of the officers."
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton
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
