In short, we find that in every instance, where, under some plausible pretence or other, the fixed regulations are violated, it touches him so closely as to make it absolutely impossible not to suppose that he himself had the advantage of it.
Burke highlights the violation of regulations and the implications of Hastings' involvement.
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