| John Pinkerton - 1811 - 824 pàgines
...I am perfuaded, that thofe who ihall a little weigh this whole hiftory, will not take Aureng-'Zebe for a barbarian, but for a great and rare genius, a great fíatefman, and a great king. A Letter to the Lord Colbert, of the Extent of Indoßan ; the Circulation... | |
| John Pinkerton - 1811 - 820 pàgines
...However I am perl'uaded, that thofe who mail a little weigh this whole hiftory, will not take Aureng-Zebe for a barbarian, but for a great and rare genius, a great ftatefman, and a great king. A Letfer to the Lord Colbert, of the Extent of Indoftan ; the Circulation... | |
| François Bernier - 1824 - 302 pàgines
...1 am perswaded, that those who shall a little weigh this whole History, will not take Au~ reng-Zebe for a Barbarian, but for a great and rare Genius, a great States man, aud a Great King. A Let ' • A Letter to the Lord COLBERT, of the Extent oflndostan ;... | |
| Henry George Keene - 1879 - 292 pàgines
...Compare tbe Persian proverb — "Swift wrong is better than tardy right." Bernier cites tine adage. for a barbarian, but for a great and rare genius, a great statesman, and a great king." It is noticeable that the weakness and final decline of the Chughtai empire were... | |
| Edward Singleton Holden - 1895 - 408 pàgines
...conquest of the strongest. I am persuaded that those who shall a little weigh this whole history, will not take Aurangzeb for a barbarian, but for a great and rare genius, a great statesman, and a great king. " At the beginning of his reign Aurangzeb received with admirable wisdom his former... | |
| E.S. Holden - 2004 - 372 pàgines
...conquest of the strongest. I am persuaded that those who shall a little weigh this whole history, will not take Aurangzeb for a barbarian, but for a great and rare genius, a great statesman, and a great king. " At the beginning of his reign Aurangzeb received with admirable wisdom his former... | |
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