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A Succinct View of the Rule in Shelley's Case: Exhibiting, by Negative and Affirmative Propositions, the Instances in Which Several Limitations, One ... or Issue of the Body of That Person, Do an
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Chapter on E/ in Fee, he has noticed this Doctrine in very general Terms, with out fhewing its Application by Examples, or introducing the Infiances which are al lowed to be Exceptions to the Rule, framed from this Learning. The Truth is, that, at the Time he compiled the Efi'ay on Efiates, he did not find himfelf equal to the Talk of introducing and obferving on this Rule to his own Satisfaction and it was not till a very recent Period that he made the Attempt; and he made it with great Doubt of his Abilities to exhibit the Scope and Extent of the Rule, in a Manner, that, even in his own Opinion, would make his Labors ufeful, as connected with, and em bracing Part of, the Subject of his former T reatife, and elucidating fome of the Points immediately relevant to the Learning dif cufi'ed in that Treatife.
Chapter on E/ in Fee, he has noticed this Doctrine in very general Terms, with out fhewing its Application by Examples, or introducing the Infiances which are al lowed to be Exceptions to the Rule, framed from this Learning. The Truth is, that, at the Time he compiled the Efi'ay on Efiates, he did not find himfelf equal to the Talk of introducing and obferving on this Rule to his own Satisfaction and it was not till a very recent Period that he made the Attempt; and he made it with great Doubt of his Abilities to exhibit the Scope and Extent of the Rule, in a Manner, that, even in his own Opinion, would make his Labors ufeful, as connected with, and em bracing Part of, the Subject of his former T reatife, and elucidating fome of the Points immediately relevant to the Learning dif cufi'ed in that Treatife.
183 pages, Hardcover
First published June 10, 2010
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