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* Under the tuitionof this master , Burke devoted himsel f with great ardour , industry , and perseverance to his studies , and laid the foundation of a classical erudition , which alone would have entitled ordinary men to the character of great scholars , but constituted a very small proportion of his multifarious knowledge . His classical learning was the learning of a philosopher , not cf a pedant . He considered the ancient languages , not as arrangements of measuresbut as keys to ancient thoughts , sentiments , imagery , knowledge , and
, reasoning . c Johnson observes , that there is not an instance of any man whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of his life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . Though , perhaps , this as a general position may admit of modifications , it is certain that Burke , from even boy . ish days , manifested a distinguished superiority over his contemporaries . He was the pride ofhis master , who foreboded every thing great from his genius .
' He regarded his preceptor with a respect and gratitude which did honour to both . For near forty years that he went annually to Ireland , he travelled many miles to pay him a visit . Mr . Shackleton lived to a good old age , and was succeeded by his son , Mr . John Shackleton , under whom the school continued to flourish . From Mr . John Shackleton it descended to his son , Mr . Abraham Shackleton , who is its present master , with no less reputation and success than his father and grandfather .
Burke's brother , Richard , who abounded in vivacity and pointed wit , was by many esteemed , in their boyish days , the abler of the two : as among superficial judges boys are rated according to the vivacity , not the force of their intellectual qualities and operations ; by the quickness of the vegetation more than the value of the production . Hence the fruits of ripened manhood are often very different from the appearance of juvenile blossom . _ . ' Of the comparative merits of the two brothers , both their master and
father entertained a very different opinion from that which others had conceived . They allowed that Richard was bright , but maintained thatEdmund would be wise . The event justified their opinion . Richard was lively and pungent ; Edmund perspicacious , expansive , and energetic . Of the two , Richard would have been the better writer of epigrams , Edmund of epic
poetry . ' Leaving school , he was sent to Dublin College , and was cotemporary with Goldsmith . Goldsmith , in conversation ,, often asserted that Burke did not render himself very eminent in the performance of bis academical exercises . This assertion has been confirmed by others , and never contradicted . When we consider the immense extent and variety of his knowledge , we may fairly infer , that even in his youth he must have laid in great stores , though without display , ' [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]
The History ofthe Reign of Shah Aulum , the present Emperor of Hindustan , &(¦ By Captain W . Frauckiin . 4 . ( 0 . il . is- Faulder . THE history of Shah Aulum ( a Persian title , signifying King ofthe World ) commences with the traiuaftions of tbe Court of Delhi , in the year 17471 when Ahmud Shah , who claimed by inheritance from Nadir Shah , invaded the province' of Lahoor . Since that period the empire of the Moguls has been a and civil which have
prey to internal dissension , political intrigues , wars , so completely deprived the Sovereign ofhis power , that theTimourian dynasty will probably close with the unfortunate Shah Aulum , who , of alUhe impsrial attributes and distinftions , retains scarcely any but the name of King . We shall not follow Capt . Francklin with exact steps through the detail of historical facts given in tbe ten chapters which compose this work , bttt content ourselves with extrafting such passages as seem most interesting .
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* Under the tuitionof this master , Burke devoted himsel f with great ardour , industry , and perseverance to his studies , and laid the foundation of a classical erudition , which alone would have entitled ordinary men to the character of great scholars , but constituted a very small proportion of his multifarious knowledge . His classical learning was the learning of a philosopher , not cf a pedant . He considered the ancient languages , not as arrangements of measuresbut as keys to ancient thoughts , sentiments , imagery , knowledge , and
, reasoning . c Johnson observes , that there is not an instance of any man whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of his life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . Though , perhaps , this as a general position may admit of modifications , it is certain that Burke , from even boy . ish days , manifested a distinguished superiority over his contemporaries . He was the pride ofhis master , who foreboded every thing great from his genius .
' He regarded his preceptor with a respect and gratitude which did honour to both . For near forty years that he went annually to Ireland , he travelled many miles to pay him a visit . Mr . Shackleton lived to a good old age , and was succeeded by his son , Mr . John Shackleton , under whom the school continued to flourish . From Mr . John Shackleton it descended to his son , Mr . Abraham Shackleton , who is its present master , with no less reputation and success than his father and grandfather .
Burke's brother , Richard , who abounded in vivacity and pointed wit , was by many esteemed , in their boyish days , the abler of the two : as among superficial judges boys are rated according to the vivacity , not the force of their intellectual qualities and operations ; by the quickness of the vegetation more than the value of the production . Hence the fruits of ripened manhood are often very different from the appearance of juvenile blossom . _ . ' Of the comparative merits of the two brothers , both their master and
father entertained a very different opinion from that which others had conceived . They allowed that Richard was bright , but maintained thatEdmund would be wise . The event justified their opinion . Richard was lively and pungent ; Edmund perspicacious , expansive , and energetic . Of the two , Richard would have been the better writer of epigrams , Edmund of epic
poetry . ' Leaving school , he was sent to Dublin College , and was cotemporary with Goldsmith . Goldsmith , in conversation ,, often asserted that Burke did not render himself very eminent in the performance of bis academical exercises . This assertion has been confirmed by others , and never contradicted . When we consider the immense extent and variety of his knowledge , we may fairly infer , that even in his youth he must have laid in great stores , though without display , ' [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]
The History ofthe Reign of Shah Aulum , the present Emperor of Hindustan , &(¦ By Captain W . Frauckiin . 4 . ( 0 . il . is- Faulder . THE history of Shah Aulum ( a Persian title , signifying King ofthe World ) commences with the traiuaftions of tbe Court of Delhi , in the year 17471 when Ahmud Shah , who claimed by inheritance from Nadir Shah , invaded the province' of Lahoor . Since that period the empire of the Moguls has been a and civil which have
prey to internal dissension , political intrigues , wars , so completely deprived the Sovereign ofhis power , that theTimourian dynasty will probably close with the unfortunate Shah Aulum , who , of alUhe impsrial attributes and distinftions , retains scarcely any but the name of King . We shall not follow Capt . Francklin with exact steps through the detail of historical facts given in tbe ten chapters which compose this work , bttt content ourselves with extrafting such passages as seem most interesting .