WILLIAM SANDYS, F.A.S.

P. M. GRAND MASTER'S LODGE, &c. &c.

BLACKSTONE.
"But though this is the most likely foundation of this collection of maxims and
customs, yet the maxims and customs so collected, are of higher antiquity than
memory or history can reach; nothing being more difficult than to ascertain the
precise beginning and first spring of an ancient and long-established custom."

LONDON:

CREW AND SPENCER, 27, LAMB'S CONDUIT STREET.

MDCCCXXIX.

679

"But though this is the most likely foundation of this collection of maxims and customs, yet the maxims and customs so collected, are of higher antiquity than memory or history can reach; nothing being more difficult than to ascertain the precise beginning and first spring of an ancient and long-established custom." BLACKSTONE.

LONDON:

CREW AND SPENCER, 27, LAMB'S CONDUIT STREET.