Page:William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (3rd ed, 1768, vol I).djvu/353

Engliſhmen, to reverence the crown, and yet guard againſt corrupt and ſervile influence from thoſe who are intruſted with it's authority; to be loyal, yet free; obedient, and yet independent; and, above every thing, to hope that we may long, very long, continue to be governed by a ſovereign, who, in all thoſe public acts that have perſonally proceeded from himſelf, hath manifeſted the higheſt veneration for the free conſtitution of Britain; hath already in more than one inſtance remarkably ſtrengthened it's outworks; and will therefore never harbour a thought, or adopt a perſuaſion, in any the remoteſt degree detrimental to public liberty.