And here, my Lords, began such a scene of cruelties and tortures as I believe no history has ever presented to the indignation of the world,--such as I am sure, in the most barbarous ages, no politic tyranny, no fanatic persecution, has ever yet exceeded.
This passage recounts the extreme cruelties faced by people under tyranny, emphasizing the historical significance of such events.
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Their objects would be enlarged with their elevation; but their disposition, and habits, and mode of accomplishing their designs must remain the same.
By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.
But supposing they had ranked as they ought to do, and as with us they do actually, the sides of sick-beds are not the academies for forming statesmen and legislators.
Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all the kings that have reigned before the Revolution, and consequently to stain the throne of England with the blot of a continual usurpation?
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