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500 warneford scholarships means whereby we receive the same and pledge to assure us thereof Because they promise them both by their sureties We are hereby made the children of grace IV -Cofoptr'si otm& Give short sketch of Cowper's life Mention some of his contemporaries in literature Arrange the more important of his poems in the epochs of his life during which they were composed In what does his chief merit as poet and writer consist On what subjects does he insist with peculiar fondness Support your answer by quotations What writers did he study most To what causes in particular are owing the excellencies of his style State what those excellencies are Give short sketch of the Task the reason for the name the occasion and time of its composition Mention some of the more striking incidents which occur in the first book of this poem Explain the allusions in the following passages would not have slave to till my ground --Wolfe upon the lap Of smiling Victory that moment won And Chatham heart-sick of his country's shame was stricken deer that left the herd Long since- He that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces escapes Ο evenings worthy of the Gods exclaimed The Sabine bard