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He castigated Dryden very severely in the Rehearsal which was composed under his direction and partly by him.

MOHENDRO LAUL SHOME,

Hindu College, First Class.

Answer to the Eleventh Question.-Titus Oates was the celebrated witness who swore away the lives of so many Roman Catholics during the ferment of the Popish plot which was first contrived by him. He was originally a Jesuit but was thrown soon out of his living for his loose conduct.-He then became a Catholic and hovered round St. Omar-the English College of the Jesuits where it is probable he learnt the names of so many of the order. He pretended to have received his doctor's degree at

He is called by Dryden Corah. He was the most shameless perjurer that ever lived.

MOHENDRO LAUL SHOME,

Hindu College, First Class.

Answer to the Twelfth Question.-Men of great parts are very nearly related to mad men and a very narrow distinction separates them. Had it not been so, why should Shaftsbury, crowned with riches and rank, forbear from giving to his old age the repose which it so much required? Torture himself because he could not get content, ruined in his life and spendthrift of his repose.

Reference is made to Shaftsbury.

MOHENDRO LAUL SHOME,

Hindu College, First Class.

Answer to the Thirteenth Question.-(k) The Triple bond was the Triple league formed between England, Holland and Sweden. It was the work of De Witt-the grand pensionary and Temple D'Hona was the Swedish ambassador. The peace of Aix la Chapelle and the evacuation by Louis XIV. was its result. Its aim was to protect the decaying monarchy of Spain against the ambition of Louis XIV.

(1) Hydra was the fabulous monster which Hercules slew. It was a serpent with numberless heads and whenever any of its heads were cut off, it sprung up again. Hydra here means the numberless rebels.

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(m) His only indications of sanctity was a ruddy countenance and sleek and oily countenance like that of Moses when he came down from the Mount Oreb. The skirts of the vestment of the church is red and therefore Oates's ruddy hue is called Church Vermillion.

(n) Hybla was a town in Sicily famous for its honey-the meaning here is that the words were as sweet as the honey of -Hybla.

MOHENDRO LAUL SHOME,

Hindu College, First Class.

Answer to the Fourteenth Question.-Adopting the definition of Whateley that resemblance is stated in the Simile and implied in the Metaphor, we see that the line

"Some lucky revolution of their fate"

is metaphorical, inasmuch as the resemblance or analogy of the revolution of the stars and the consequent production of changeful events in the destinies of men, is rather implied than

stated.

But the lines

"Our fortune rolls as from a smooth descent And from the first impression takes the bent." are made up of both Simile and Metaphor; for in the first line the analogy is stated and in the second it is implied.

And in the lines

"But if unseized, she glides away like wind,"

the analogy of the wind gliding away is stated explicitly; and consequently it is a pure Simile.

RADHAGOBIND Doss,

Hindu College, First Class.

Afternoon Paper.

Answer to the First Question.-You have spoken honestly, your words prove you to be a loyal and obedient subject, and the honour of being such a subject sufficiently rewards you for your dutiful conduct, as the wickedness and baseness of the contrary character is a sufficient punishment.

THOMAS KALLONAS,

Dacca College, Second Class,

First Year, Senior Scholar.

Answer to the Second Question.-Cardinal-from cardo, a hingei. e., one on whom every thing hinges. Conclave-from con to, gether, and clavo, a key ; i. e., a meeting, in which the members are shut up in a room.

Consistory (literally,) standing round; a meeting of the pope and the cardinals. Clinquant-from the Anglo Saxon Clink, (the modern German klinkin,) to rattle, to gingle, to make a rattling noise. Chaucer has "the clinking of your bells." Gay also uses the word in his "Trivia," where he has "the clinking pattens.'

Paragon-from the Italian paragone, touchstone. So we have in Othello :

"A maid

"That paragons description and wild game."

Truant from trouand, an old name for a gipsy, a wanderer. Sincere from sine without, and cera wax, i. e., without wax; pure.

RAJENDER NATH MITTRE,

Hindu College, First Class.

Answer to the Third Question.-(a) He makes a list of all the gentry; and he includes within this list, all the men on whom he intends to impose cost in the inverse proportion of honour; and his own order without the cognizance of the honourable Council Board, must enforce the attendance of him whom he puts in his paper.

It may at first sight appear that there is a redundancy of prepositions in the passage (a). But lay upon might be used as a compound verb, in the sense of impose or confer. Moreover

Latham considers the so-called prepositions upon, after, &c. as really no prepositions but adverbs and they are in truth prepositional adverbs or adverbal prepositions. We have however examples in which Shakespeare uses double prepositions.

"In what qualification is Marcius poor in ?"-Coriolanus. Out is used in a peculiar sense, viz., as the past participle of a verb. Papers is used as a verb for puts into the paper.

(b) I am but the shadow of my former self-and the outlines of this shadow is shrouded in a cloud by the englooming of my bright sun (to wit) the royal favour.

Instant might be used in the sense of impending. This is its original meaning as being made up of in and stand-on the brink of.

Puts on has for its nominative-shadow and means it (the shadow) enshrouds itself in a cloud.

By dark'ning my clear sun-taken as whole is in the case called in Latin, the Instrumental case.

(c) Not only is his wish (his passive inclination) unfriendly to you but his will (his active volition) is evilly disposed towards you. The difference between wish or inclination and will or volition, is that the one is active and the other passive. Thus in Hamlet Claudius says

"Pray can I not though inclination

"Were as sharp as will."

The sentence (c) therefore means that not content with wishing ill to you-he was desirous of doing ill to you.

Disregarding this difference between wish and will we might make another meaning of the sentence-that is

His wishes not being friendly towards you (his king) his disposition must be very malicious.

But I prefer the former signification.

MOHENDRO LOLL SHOME,

Hindu College, First Class.

Answer to the Fourth Question. Anne Boleyn was not crowned till the resignation of More. In fact the approaching marriage was the cause of More's resignation, so that his successor Audley was the Lord Chancellor when the coronation took place.

More was the first layman that sat on the woolsack and was one of the most learned men of the time and the particular friend of Erasmus. He was the son of an English gentleman of moderate fortune and by hard study and application had acquired so much learning that when Wolsey was deprived of the Great Seal, no body was thought so fit to fill the Chancellorship as More. He had a conscience however-a thing which few men of that age could boast of. When the king intended to throw off his allegiance to the Pope and to marry Anne without obtaining a divorce from him: his (More's) devotion to the Roman Catholic religion and his integrity would not suffer him to sanction these proceedings. He therefore resigned the seal and retired to the bosom of his family. But Henry was of too vindictive a temper to allow him to differ from him or to disobey him with impunity. He was hauled up from his retreat and thrown into prison under the pretence of his countenancing the holy maid of Kent. The Venerable Bishop Fisher was in the same predicament with him--but his enemies being unable to prove his guilt-he was set at liberty. King Henry made various efforts to bring him over to his own opinions. Intimidation, coaxing and many other means were resorted to, but all in vain. More remained firmly attached to

his principles. On the occasion of the marriage, More was especially invited and had 20£ sent to him by the king to buy robes for the occasion, but More did not countenance the marriage by his presence. Enraged beyond measure by this obstinacy-the king issued a warrant against him-on the ground of his refusal to take the oath of supremacy. He was thrown into prison and many attempts were made either to make him acknowledge the king's supremacy or to force him to speak against it. But More was too prudent to fall into the snare. Among these expedients was the conversation held by the Solicitor General in his prison whilst his books were being removed. This conversation was made use of in his trial and though More did not implicate himself, yet by a tissue of falsehood and injustice, he was convicted of recusancy and was beheaded. Thus was the best man that the age produced deprived of his life by royal vindictiveness and perjury. To describe at large the learning and virtues of More would be impossible here. His integrity and adherence to his principle is attested by his death. Could he have brought himself to take an oath which the whole nation took and to countenance a marriage which the half of Europe thought to be valid-he might have enjoyed not only life-but rank, wealth and royal favour. Never was the honesty of any man so well attested and so completely without a spot. His love for his family is also well known. Yet not even the desire of enjoying their company-the entreaties of his wife could prevail on him to sacrifice his honor and honesty. His beloved daughter Mrs. Ropart-she who when he was being led to the execution with the axe before him and its edge turned towards him, fell on his neck regardless and I may say unconscious of the presence of the crowd-she I say on one occasion attempted to shake his virtue and save his life—and even she received such a reprimand that she never after dared to make the same request. The wit of More is universally known. Utopia bears testimony to his inventive power. His placid temper is proved by the serenity of his mind at the moment of his death. Indeed this was carried rather a little too far-and his facetiousness in the morning of his execution-rather shows a levity unbecoming the solemnity of the occasion. But he was so virtuous a man that we might not think ill of him-for not being impressed with awe on the occasion of his going before his Maker.

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MOHENDRO LAUL SHOME,

Hindu College, First Class.

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