(d) Think what an equipage thou hast in air. (e) Angels in machines. (f) Sovereign of the willing soul. 6. Give the meaning of the following: The twins of Jove. The mighty Pan. Jonson's learned sock. Mac Flecknoe. Pultowa's day. Bodley's dome. 7. What changes have been made in the text of Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes? Explain the reasons for any change. 8. Explain the terms-Solecism, Tautology, Pleonasm, Metaphor. Give an instance of each. 9. Show that Addison was a man of moderate views. To what political party did he belong, and do party views appear in the Spectator? 10. What is the meaning of the following ?— (a) Grow chargeable to a parish. (b) He looked upon Prince Eugenio to be a greater man than Scanderbeg. (c) A long dissertation upon the affairs of the North. (d) A westerly wind keeps the whole town in suspense. (e) She was troubled with the vapours. 11. Explain the following from Macaulay : In commission. The noblemen who held the white staff and the great seal. The language of diplomacy. The controversies of the Rota. What is the meaning and derivation of the words dragoon and yeoman; the origin of "bayonet"; the reason for the name Coldstream Guards? 12. What do you consider the distinctive marks of Macaulay's style? ENGLISH.-PART II. PASS AND FIRST HONOUR PAPER. The Board of Examiners. 1. What is meant by the Romantic Movement in English Literature? Explain clearly what it removed and what it brought. 2. Write an account of Crabbe, Moore, and Sydney Smith. 3. What do you know about the following books: Childe Harold, Essays of Elia, The Fable for 4. Do you agree that King Lear ought never to be represented on the stage? Give reasons for your view. 5. Comment briefly on the prose style of Landor, Emerson, and Matthew Arnold. 6. (a) What does De Quincey say about Dr. Johnson? (b) "Upon sacks of wool and on benches forensic, sit grave men and agricolous persons in the Commons, crying out Explain this. (c) "A history of our present state of society traced backward." Who wished for this, and why? (d) What were the feelings of James Russell Lowell towards England? 7. Write a short outline of each of the following poems:-Waring, Holy Cross Day, The Palace of Art, Ulysses. 8. Explain the following lines, referring each to the poem from which it is taken : : This low-pulsed forthright craftsman's hand Tully, my masters? Ulpian serves his need. In Tartary I freed the Cham. Or mythic Uther's deeply-wounded son. 9. What is your definition of an Essay? Give the substance of one of the three following by Bacon:-Of Envy, of Boldness, of Travel. 10. Write an Essay on "The present Condition of English Literature." FRENCH. PASS AND FIRST HONOUR PAPER. The Board of Examiners. 1. Translate into French Most curious, in truth, they were, and suited well the fine old building-a specimen of how carefully and lavishly our forefathers built "for God." We, who build for ourselves, are rather surprised to find in out-of-the-way nooks like this, churches that, in size and adornment, must have cost years upon years of loving labour as well as money. It was pleasant to know that the present incumbent, a man of archæological tastes, appreciated his blessings, and took the utmost care of his beautiful old church. Success to him! even though he cannot boast the power of his predecessor. 2. Translate Pro aris et focis; telle est, par excellence, la devise du guerrier. Mais d'autres, et à meilleur titre, peuvent en revendiquer l'usage et l'inscrire sur leur drapeau. L'apologiste n'est-il pas proprement et par excellence le guerrier des autels comme l'homme de guerre est celui des foyers ? Il guerroie, lui aussi, dans une sphère qui lui est propre. On le trouve à l'aurore de notre ère religieuse comme le guerrier au berceau de toute civilisation; et dans les heures de grande crise, quand les dogmes fondamentaux sont en cause, quand l'arbre de la foi est secoué jusque dans ses racines les plus profondes, on le voit qui surgit et se porte aux avant-postes du dogme, pour en défendre le domaine vénéré. 3. Write an account of the early French historians. 4. What were the characteristics of the literature of the reign of Louis XIV.? 5. Describe briefly the position in literature of Marot, Fénelon, and Vauvenargues. 6. Translate Plus le péril est grand, plus doux en est le fruit; Aux mânes paternels je dois ce sacrifice; L'heure, le lieu, le bras se choisit aujourd'hui ; -Cinna. |