But, however, we now see him exalted to be an independent sovereign; he defies the Company at the head of their armies and their treasury; that name that makes all India shake was defied by one of its pensioners.
Burke reflects on the precarious nature of power, exemplified by a former subordinate defying the British East India Company.
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