Author : William Blackstone
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ISBN 13 : 9781331309529
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)
Book Synopsis A Translation of All the Greek, Latin, Italian, and French Quotations Which Occur in Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England by : William Blackstone
Download or read book A Translation of All the Greek, Latin, Italian, and French Quotations Which Occur in Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England written by William Blackstone and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Translation of All the Greek, Latin, Italian, and French Quotations Which Occur in Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England: And Also in the Notes of the Editions by Christian, Archbold, and Williams If the excellence of a book be best proved by the universality of its reception, there are few of greater merit than the Commentaries of Blackstone a work, although expressly treating of the Laws of England, not confined to the library of the lawyer, but occupying a distinguished place in every collection of books bearing in any degree the character of judicious selection. The mass of information contained in it, not legal only, but historical, and of times where the researches of historians are confessedly involved in darkness, and its consequent doubt, often tends to corroborate facts the truth of which the isolated details of early history leave unascertained, from some chasm in the chain of consequences ill supplied, or inconsistency in the character of the persons or the circumstances connected with their production. The enactment and repeal of statutes derive their cause and occasion from the vicissitude inherent in the nature of all human affairs whether resulting from the schemes of avarice, or the progress of ambition from the emulations of genius, or the transforming powers of persevering industry from the darkness of superstition, or the light of science and in the history of them transiently convey such sketches of the form and character of times, persons, and things long past and forgotten, as by no other means can now be known and the customs and manners of the darker ages are sometimes rendered more clearly obvious by the detached clauses of an old decree than by the most labored deductions from regular history. Of this species of illustration frequent instances occur in the Commentaries of Blackstone but they are often illustration only to the more learned reader. Many no doubt there are, who in the perusal of his valuable pages find their progress continually impeded by the old law Latin and Norman French left uninterpreted by the author and his editors, and to such, consequently, a large and important portion of the work is mere dead letter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
