Calendar: 1867-1868 Page 535

536 THE SCHOOL What various theories have been and are held concerning the origin of language What objections may be urged against each one of them Give some account of the rise and history of the following words religion-tribulation-roue-kartoffel-Anglo-Saxons -book-Gothic-mammet-dunce-miscreant-legend-prude -kind-tawdry-caprice Sections III IV Define carefully these words grammar-predicate-case- tyntax-philology-tense-etymology-transitive-orthography -gender-inflection What is noun Derive the word What is an abstract noun What traces yet survive in English nouns of inflection In what various ways is the plural formed Why is verb so called What is meant by mood How many moods are there What is meant by an irregular verb What parts of speech are may can shall will Of what languages is the English compounded Mention some of the Celtic words that form part of it What class of words is principally Greek Make lists of Saxon Latin Greek prefixes Analyse carefully this passage Well have yejudg'd well ended long debate Synod of gods and like to what ye are Great things resolv'd which from the lowest deep Will once more lift us up in spite of fate Nearer our ancient seat perhaps in view Of those bright confines whence with neighbouring arm And opportune excursion we may chance Re-enter Heaven or else in some mild zone Dwell not unvisited of Heavoi fair light Secure and at the brightening orient beam Purge off this gloom