 Hume is an accomplished advocate. Without positively asserting much more than he can prove, he gives prominence to all the circumstances which support his case; he glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it; his own witnesses are applauded...  Messenger of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Page 961905Full view - About this book
 | 334 pages
...with what he has seen and heard, and brings out facts, reports, conjectures, and fancies, in one mass. Hume is an accomplished advocate : without positively...his case ; he glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged ; the statements which seem to throw... | |
 | 1844 - 618 pages
...following remarkable passage?* — ' Hume, without positively asserting much more than he can prove, gives prominence to all the circumstances which support his case. He glides ligktly over those which are unfavourable to it. His own witnesses are applauded and encouraged; the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 pages
...with what he has seen and heard, and brings out facts, reports, conjectures, and fancies, in one mass. Hume is an accomplished advocate. Without positively...support his case; he glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged; the statements which seem to throw... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...with what he has seen and heard, and brings out facts, reports, conjectures, and fancies, in one mass. unfavourable to it; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged; the statements which seem to throw... | |
 | John Hill Burton, David Hume - 1846 - 512 pages
...all the circumstances which can support his case. He glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it. His own witnesses are applauded and encouraged...on them are controverted ; the contradictions into wliicli they fall are explained away ; a clear and connected abstract of their evidence is given. Every... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...with what he has seen and heard, and brings out facts, reports, conjectures, and fancies, in one mass. 0ܘ* ܘ* unfavourable to it; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged ; the statements which seem to throw... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...brings out facts, reports, conjectures, and fancies, in one mass. Hume is an accomplished advócale. Without positively asserting much more than he can...his case ; he glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged; the statements which seem to throw... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1852 - 508 pages
...and the results, according as the writer belongs to one or the other of the contending nations. (w) much more than he can prove, he gives prominence to...his case ; he glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it ; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged ; the statements which seem to... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 pages
...am not at home, when I do not desire to see co npany ?" — BURTON, voL ii 187. ITS rNFAIKXESS. 317 positively asserting much more than he can prove,...his case ; he glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it ; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged ; the statements which seem to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pages
...to all the circumstances which support his case; he glides lightly over those which are unfavourable to it; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged;...they fall are explained away; a clear and connected ab. .tract of their evidence is given. Every thing that is offered on the other side is scrutinized... | |
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