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... Miscellaneous Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome - Página 32por Thomas Babington Macaulay - 2005 - 552 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
| 334 páginas
...partialities and prejudices, unacquainted with the rules of established evidence, and uninstructed as to the obligations of his oath, confounds what...are applauded and encouraged ; the statements which seem to throw discredit on them are controverted ; the contradictions into which they fall are explained... | |
| 1844 - 618 páginas
...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 - 1840 - 464 páginas
...partialities and prejudices, unacquainted with the established rules of evidence, and uninstructed as to the obligations of his oath, confounds what...his case ; he glides lightly over those which are unfavorable to it ; his own witnesses are applauded and encouraged ; the statements which seem to throw... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 páginas
...partialities and prejudices, unacquainted with the established rules of evidence, and uninstructed as to the obligations of his oath, confounds what...are applauded and encouraged; the statements which seem to throw discredit on them are controverted; the contradictions into which they fall are explained... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...partialities and prejudices, unacquainted with the established rules of evidence, and un instructed seem to throw discredit on them are controverted; the contradictions into which they fall are explained... | |
| John Hill Burton, David Hume - 1846 - 512 páginas
...without positively asserting more than he can prove, gives prominence to all the circumstances which can support his case. He glides lightly over those which...are applauded and encouraged ; the statements which seem to throw discredit on them are controverted ; the contradictions into wliicli they fall are explained... | |
| John Hill Burton - 1846 - 520 páginas
...without positively asserting more than he car prove, gives prominence to all the circumstances which caw support his case. He glides lightly over those which...unfavourable to it. His own witnesses are applauded aud encouraged ; the statements which seem to throw discredit on them are controverted ; the contradictions... | |
| 1852 - 780 páginas
...partialities and prejudices, unacquainted with the established rules of evidence, and uninstructed 5 T seem to throw discredit on them are controverted ; the contradictions into which they fall are explained... | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1852 - 508 páginas
...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...are applauded and encouraged ; the statements which seem to throw diseredit on them are controverted ; the contradictions into which they fall are explained... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 páginas
...partialities and prejudices, unacquainted with the established rules of evidence, and uninslructed as to the obligations of his oath, confounds what...and fancies, in one mass. Hume is an accomplished advócale. Without positively asserting much more than he can prove, he gives prominence to all the... | |
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