Calendar: 1861-1862 Page 515
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516 warneford scholarships What were the circumstances of the times which would give point to the poem Explain this passage Dwell in some idle brain And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess To what does the poet allude At what period of his life were the Allegro and Penseroso composed and in what part of England What are the allusions in these poems which show that Milton at the time they were written was not rigid Puritan State the occasion of the Lycidas 10 In his poem on the Passion occurs the following passage So well instructed are my tears That they would fitly fall in ordered characters Apply this remark to the Lycidas 11 What is the meaning of the lines But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more And again At last he rose and twitched his mantle blue To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new 12 What changes does this poem intimate in the principles and feelings of the poet from those of the Allegro and Pen- seroso -C$e Commonforaltl What were the causes of the civil war between Charles and his Parliament Give short biography of Oliver Cromwell down to the time of Charles 's execution Describe the battles of Naseby and Dunbar Give short account of the Little or Barebones Parliament What was the character of Cromwell's home administra- tion What was Cromwell's foreign policy How was the Restoration of Charles II brought about
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