O Heaven! but let shame for one moment veil its face, let indignation suppress its feelings, whilst I again call upon you to view all this as a mere swindling transaction, in which the prisoner was attempting to defraud the Company.
Burke expresses outrage at the actions of Hastings, framing them as deceitful and damaging to the Company and its integrity.
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But the king of Great Britain obeys no other person; all other persons are individually, and collectively too, under him, and owe to him a legal obedience.
An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease.
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