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He looks upon a claim under that authority, and a complaint that it has produced no effect, as a piece of daring insolence which he is ashamed that the board has suffered.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke describes Hastings' view of a complaint as an affront to his authority, highlighting his arrogance.
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