Civilians

Examples

• We are not a regiment, remember--only about half a dozen soldiers and as many civilians. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We were shut up in Bhurtee, the regiment of us with half a battery of artillery, a company of Sikhs, and a lot of civilians and women-folk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• As we neared the city we discovered a mighty concourse of civilians and troops assembled upon the plain before the city. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Be hanged to these civilians, he thought to himself, they are always for arranging and speechifying. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I thought you civilians had no pluck; but I'll never get in your way when you are in your cups, Jos. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In the cities you will see a dozen civilians for every soldier, and as many for every priest or preacher. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My main reliance is on my own civilians. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And Mat blows away at his bassoon, and you're respectable civilians one and all, says Mr. George. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Among civilians I am what they call in Scotland a ne'er-do-weel. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Of women and children and civilians there was a countless swarm. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There are not such a very great number of civilians, and a deformed man was sure to have attracted attention. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Typist: Ollie