Calendar: 1886-1887 Page 716

718 INGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS Whose promontory cleeves Shew Albion is another little world How cheer you sir penny for your thought You're early up pray God it be the near Those geomantic spirits That Hermes calleth terrce filii Π jHars 'e Qtctuxco on tije Φη git sty language Give the substance of Mr Marsh's remarks on the English language as affected by the art of printing What grounds are there for believing that the character of the Anglo-Saxon language was essentially composite What means are there of ascertaining how Anglo-Saxon was pronounced Mention some facts relating to early Seventeenth century pronunciation and the authority for them Illustrate the rhyming poverty of English Make list of English words that are without rhymes What is the proper spelling of the word rhyme What is meant by consonance '6 assonance 'ζline-rhyme half-rhyme ζ double rhymes י Discuss the terms euphemism euphuism annomi- nation idiotism nisus formativus Show how in the Fifteenth century the habits of dif- ferent creatures and all the operations of the chase connected with each had terms exclusively appropriated to the species and even the art of carving changed its name with the game upon which it was exercised Briefly state and discuss the current theories as to the Origin of Language 10 Carefully explain and comment on these extracts The causes which tend to extirpate existing dialectic peculiarities are even more powerfully influential in preventing the formation of diversities