 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - India - 1841 - 750 pages
...with the author, and almost with the hero. Amidst these unmeaning flourishes, the real merits of Akber disappear, and it is from other authors that we learn...flattery of a book written by one so well acquainted with Akber's disposition, and submitted, it appears, to his own inspection, leaves an impression of the... | |
 | William Hook Morley, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Manuscripts - 1854 - 180 pages
...wisdom, or power of Akbar, is passed over or misstated ; and a uniform strain of panegyric and triumph is kept up, which disgusts the reader with the author,...that prince, which is almost the only blot on his admirable character." s Foll. 232. Thirty-two lines in a page. Well written in Shikastah, in AH 1145-46... | |
 | the calcutta review - 1857 - 514 pages
...Amidst these unmeaning flourishes, the ' real merits of Akbar disappear, and it is from other authors ' we learn the motives of his actions, the difficulties...contend with, and the resources by which they were surmount' ed."* From these we pass to works not historical in their form, but abounding with the raw... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - India - 1866 - 1152 pages
...with the author, and almost with the hero. Amidst these unmeaning Nourishes, the real merits of Akber disappear, and it is from other authors that we learn...actions, the difficulties he had to contend with, anil ih.- resources by which they were surLnonntt-d. The gross flattery of a book written by one so... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone (Hon.) - Hinduism - 1874 - 850 pages
...author, and almost with the hero. Amidst these unmeaning flourishes, the real merits of Akber disap[*ar. and it is from other authors that we learn the motives...flattery of a book written by one so well acquainted with Akber's disposition, and submitted, it .-.ppeara, to his own inspection, leaves an iujjire.-ieion of... | |
 | Edward Henry Nolan - British - 1878 - 456 pages
...Amidst, these unmeaning flourishes, the real merits cf Akbar disappear, and it is from other authors we learn the motives of his actions, the difficulties...and the resources by which they were surmounted." It has been very much the fashion to rely upon all early writings which treat of Mohammedan history... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - Hindus - 1889 - 836 pages
...with the author, and almost with the hero. Amidst these unmeaning flourishes, the real merits of Akber disappear, and it is from other authors that we learn...surmounted. The gross flattery of a book written by one BO well acquainted with Akber's disposition, and submitted, it Appears, to his own inspection, leaves... | |
 | India - 1857 - 524 pages
...Amidst these unmeaning flourishes, the ' real merits of Akbar disappear, and it is from other authors ' we learn the motives of his actions, the difficulties...contend with, and the resources by which they were surmount' ed."* From these we pass to works not historical in their form, but abounding with the raw... | |
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Every event that had a tendency to take from his goodness, wisdom, or power, is passed over or mis-stated, and a uniform strain of panegyric and triumph is kept up, which disgusts the reader with the author, and almost with the hero. Amidst these unmeaning... 