EXAMINATION PAPERS, DEC., 1875.

MATRICULATION.

MONDAY, 20TH DEC., 10 A.M. to 1 p.m.
GENERAL ENGLISH.

GEORGE BICKLE, ESQ.; REV. T. E. SLATER.

PART I.

I. Paraphrase the following passage:

It was a lovely night; the crescent moon,
(A bark of beauty on its dark-blue sea,)
Winning its way among the billowy clouds,
Unoared, unpiloted, moved on. The sky

Was studded thick with stars, which glittering streamed
An intermittent splendour through the heavens.

I turned my glance to earth ;-the mountain winds
Were sleeping in their caves,—and the wild sea,
With its innumerous billows melted down
To one unmoving mass, lay stretched beneath
In deep and tranced slumber; giving back
The host above, with all its dazzling sheen,
To Fancy's ken, as though the luminous sky
Had rained down stars upon its breast.

II. Analyse the following passage into Principal and Subordinate Clauses, and give the Construction of the latter:

The difficulty to which I am referring, is that which Goethe himself has so happily expressed, when in speaking of some comparisons that had been instituted between himself and Shakspere, he said, "Shakspere always hits the right nail on the head at once; but I have to stop and think which is the right nail, before I hit."

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III. (a) Introduce the following pairs of words into sentences of your own, either one word or one pair in the same sentence:

(1) Gold, golden (adjectives).

(2) Beside, besides (prepositions).
(3) Late, lately (adverbs).

(4) Hard, hardly (adverbs).

(b) Write the following sentences substituting equivalents of the words in italics for those words:

(1) Look at those beautiful clouds!

(2) Look for the key I have lost.
(3) Look over the dictation exercises.
(4) Look on while we play this game.
(5) Look after the luggage.

(6) Look out! or the carriage will run over you.

(c) Write the following sentences with the changes indicated below, but without altering the meaning:

(1) I am glad that my design of withdrawing from business meets with your approval.

Use the Verb form of approval.

(2) Confine your attention to the work before you.
Use the Verb form of attention.

(3) He unsuccessfully attempted to solve the problem.
Use the Adjective form of unsuccessfully.

(4) Many are the persons who cultivate flowers for the
love of them.

Use the Verb form of love.

IV. Write the following sentences correcting the errors they

contain:

(1) He told me that nothing but vegetables are sold in this

bazaar.

(2) Two days before, the mail was an hour and half behind, in consequence of an accident to the engine.

(3) A proper amount of exercise strengthens the body instead of weakens it.

(4) The door to promotion is as open to him as well as to his rival.

(5) The Editor has not had the Report before him when he wrote that sentence.

(6) The number of rude stone monuments in India is probably as great or greater than those found in Europe.

PART II.

V. Vary the construction of the following passage by changing the first or second persons into the third:

Will you help me against a wild boar that has insulted me? asked a horse of a man. I will gladly do so, replied the man; but I shall afterwards require your services, and you will have to go home with me. I thank thee, said the horse; but I see that revenge may cost more than it is worth, and I will not, therefore, accept of your kindness.

VI. A. Give the construction of the italicized parts of the following sentences:

(a) He fell ten feet from the roof.

(b) He excepted, the rest may go.

(c) A well in my compound measures four yards across.

(d) He became the better of the two,

B.-Supply the omissions in the following:

VII. Make the alterations, as indicated, in the following sen

tences, and rewrite them accordingly:

A.-Use the noun form of the words in italics :

(a) Believing that you will keep your word, I give you permission.

(b) To eat and drink temperately is the best way to preserve health.

(c)

(d)

Too for So in

It is so absurd that it cannot be believed.

But for Without in

It never thunders without lightening.

C.-Use the positive degree in (a) and the superlative in (b) :

(a) He is better off than his brother.

(b) None are so badly off as they.

VIII. A.-Place correctly each of the following phrases in a sentence of your own :

B.-(a) To what do the its refer in the following sentence?

(b) Rewrite the sentence leaving out all the its except the middle one :

Even if it were thought to have had some excuse, such a deed ought to meet with severe censure, and it is the more merited, because it would seem that it was the intention of the perpetrator to involve as many others as possible in it.

MONDAY, 20TH DEC., 2 TO 5 P. M.
ENGLISH TEXT BOOKS.

GEORGE WARLOW, M.A.; T. GOPALA RAU, B.A.

PART I.

I. Point out and explain the meaning of the metaphors in the following extracts,—

(a) "Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer,

To boast one splendid banquet once a year;

The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws,
Nor weighs the solid worth of self-applause.

(b)" O'Connor's child, I was the bud

Of Erin's royal tree of glory;
But woe to them who rapt in blood
The tissue of my story."