Calendar: 1872-1873 Page 567

568 WARNEFORD SCHOLARSHIPS any of his tenants are missing This authority of the knight though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life has very good effect upon the parish who are not polite enough to see anything ridiculous in his behaviour besides that the general good sense and worthiness of his character make his friends observe these little singularities as foils that rather set off than blemish his good qualities Translate into English Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment Rome qui vient ton bras d'immo'er mon anient Rome qui t'a vu naitre et que ton cceur adore Rome enfin que je hail parce qu'elle t'honore Puissent tons ses voisins ensemble conjuros Saper ses fondements encor mal assures Et si ce n'est assez de toute 1'Italie Que l'Orient contre elle l'Oeeident s'allie Que cent peoples unis des bouts de l'univers Passent pour la detruire et les moots et les mers Qu'elle-meme sur soi renverse ses murailles Et de ses propres mains dechire ses entraiiles Que le courroux du Ciel allunio par mes vceux Fasse pleuvoir sur elle un deluge de fVux Puiss6-je de mes yenx voir tomber la fi udre Voir tes lauriers en cendre et ses palais en poudre Voir le dernier Iiomain son dernier soupir Moi settle en etre cause et mourir de plaisir Answer the following grammatical questions The following constructions iccur in the English extract י he keeps them the congregation '-'after the rest of the congregation have done '-' upon the parish who are not etc' Will you keep this construction of the plural in your translation In other words do collective nouns thus require in French the verb in the plural Explain the construction of the second line -Rome qui etc And show the difference between venir de and venir Why is 'encore' spelt without its final 'e' in the sixth line