Calendar: 1882-1883 Page 640

GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 637 And thus do we of wisdom and of reach With windlasses and with assays of bias By indirections find directions out think their inhibition comes by the means of the late innovation How in my words soever she be shent To give them seals never my soul consent No hope that way is Another way so high hope that even Ambition cannot pierce wink beyond But doubt discovery there Byr lakin can go no further sir My old bones ache here's maze trod indeed Through forthrights and meanders By your patience needs must rest me ffngltei Language What can be gathered as to the history of the Anglian and Saxon languages before their coming into this island What languages now spoken on the Continent are nearest akin to them When and under what circumstances did they come into this island Explain the term Anglo-Saxon and point out its conveniency Into what periods may the history of the English language be divided Briefly describe and characterize each one Point out the influence of Norman-French upon our grammar and upon our letter-sounds Give some account of tbe growth of our vocabulary in the sixteenth century Explain anything that is noticeable in these passages Among other lessons this should first be learned that we never affect any strange inkhorn terms but to speak as is commonly received