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The rules and regulations of the service prevailed not here; the starred and gartered general, the plumed and aiguilletted colonel obtained but little deference and less mercy from his more humble subaltern.

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James

As for the few common soldiers taken, they gave him little uneasiness,—as Sir John has it, they were "mortal men, and food for powder;" but there was a staff-officer among them, aiguilletted and epauletted.

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James