Calendar: 1879-1880 Page 621

INGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS 621 sketch of Gibbon's life What is the period covered by his great work Give an outline of the part or parts of it you have read Describe his style Some account of tbe contents of Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry What change in taste and interest did it denote and assist What other works of the same period with it point the same way Write brief abstract of any English work published between 1780 and 1790 At what time and from what stand-point did Burke write his Reflections on the French Revolution" What was its effect Quote any passage from it Under what circumstances did Cowper begin to write In what respects does he follow in what break away from the traditions of his age What is the character of his translation of "Homer" Quote any one of Burns' songs and the titles of ten others How was he affected by the French Revolution What other influences that acted upon him deserve special mention IV -JSurfu'S Cijougljts' on φ grwtnt feronUntii vav'a anU iSolUSmttij'S PoemS In what various ways did Gray anticipate the taste of the coming age Illustrate your answer from his writings What are the leading thoughts of the Elegy Written in Country Churchyard What did Wordsworth mean by saying the language of it is unintelligible Explain Chill penury repressed their noble rage Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires And Melancholy marked him for her own Describe the metrical structure of "The Bard and the "Progress of Poesy Quote Gray's praise of Dryden's couplet An outline of "The Traveller Quote the lines con- tributed to it by Dr Johnson In what part of it and how is ntroduced the subject of the Deserted Village