Subjects of Examination in the English Language Appointed by the Senate of the Calcutta University for the Entrance Examination of December 1870

Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The whitwash'd wall the nicely-sanded floor The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contrived a double debt to pay A bed by night a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use The Twelve Good Rules the royal game of Goose; The hearth except when winter chill'd the [...] He laid his hand upon the Ocean's mane " And played familiar with his hoary looks: Stood on the Alps stood on the Apennines And with the thunder talked as friend to friend ; And wove his garland of the lightning's wing In sportive twist the lightning's fiery wing Which as the footsteps of the dreadful God Marching upon the storm in vengeance seemed ; Then turned and with the grasshopper [...] 39 And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed The mustering squadron and the clattering car Went pouring forward with impetuous speed And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star : While thronged the citizens with terror dumb Or whispering with white lips— The foe! [...] s Young Casablanca a boy about thirteen years old son to the admiral of the Orient remained at his post (in the battle of the Nile) after the ship had taken fire and all the guns had been abandoned ; and perished in the explosion of the vessel when the flames had reached the powder."CASABIANCA. [...] On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the pastures on another ail the beasts of chase frisking in the lawn's : the sprightly kid was bounding on the rocks the subtle monkey frolicking in the trees and the solemn elephant repoing in the shade.