Excerpt from The Commentaries on the Laws of England of Sir William Blackstone
IN the preparation of this Edition of Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries, the same rule has been followed as in the first revision of the Work by the present Editor. He has altered the text, where the text required or seemed to require alteration; but he has in no case omitted anything which could usefully be retained. He may have preserved much which is of antiquarian interest only; but, if so, this will, he hopes, be esteemed…
