My Lords, he looked over that immense waste of his own creating, not as Satan viewed the kingdoms of the world and saw the power and glory of them,--but he looked over the waste of Oude with a diabolical malice which one could hardly suppose existed in the prototype himself.
Burke compares Hastings' view of the ravaged land to Satan's view of earthly kingdoms, highlighting his malicious intent.
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They look upon the legal hereditary succession of their crown as among their rights, not as among their wrongs,--as a benefit, not as a grievance,--as a security for their liberty, not as a badge of servitude.
The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried, nor go back to those which they have found mischievous on trial.
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