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Answer all the questions:

  1. Explain the italicized words in the following passages from Il Penseroso:
    1. The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train.
    2. 'Less Philomel will deign a song.
    3. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuskan bold.
    4. Storied windows richly dight.
  2. Give some account of Johnson's works.
  3. Who were Garrick, Reynolds, Burke, and Boswell?
  4. In what form were Macaulay's Essays first published?
  5. From what source did Shakespeare take most of the material for Julius Cæsar?

SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL

(1905)

A

The candidate is advised to be careful in paragraphing, spelling, punctuation, and form of expression.

Select either of the two following lists of topics, plainly indicating at the head of the paper which list is selected. Write short compositions (containing about one hundred words each) on five subjects chosen from that list.

The candidate must draw all his subjects from the one list selected.