Page:William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (3rd ed, 1768, vol I).djvu/137



HE objects of the laws of England are o very numerous and extenive, that, in order to conider them with any tolerable eae and perpicuity, it will be neceary to ditribute them methodically, under proper and ditinct heads; avoiding as much as poible diviions too large and comprehenive on the one hand, and too trifling and minute on the other; both of which are equally productive of confuion. Rh