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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 41
English
English.
1. Write down the passage which will be dictated by the Examiner or Commissioner.
2. Choose one of the following subjects, and write a short essay upon it:—
How to spend a wet day.
The use of Railways.
Speaking the truth.
3. Explain the following terms—Alphabet, syllable, monosyllable, orthography.
"When words are written down, the spelling of the words should shew us how the words ought to be pronounced." Shew that this rule is often broken, by spelling the following words as they are pronounced:—are, cough, debt, feign, great, hair, heir, key, laugh, might, plough, quay, reign, sweat, tough, treat, weigh, whey, yacht, yolk.
| (a) | Thackeray lectured upon theGeorges. |
| (b) | When Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung. |
| (c) | The Smiths are a widely spread family; go where you will among the Germanic nations, you are sure to meet a Smith, |
| (d) | In 1811 Miss Austen published her novel, "Sense and Sensibility." |
| (e) | King Alfred allowed only eight hours a day for eating, sleeping, and exercise. |
| (f) | Patience! No worm, no Socrates, no patient Griselda, no Job could endure this torture without writhing. |
5. Define an Adjective: and divide adjectives into classes, giving examples of each class.
| (a) | The sentinel stars set their watch in the sky. |
| (b) | The village green was crowded with men from the neighbouring cavalry barracks, |
| (c) | Her arms along the deep proudly shone. |
| (d) | The rich fled from their stone houses, and the blacks from their mud huts, and huddled together in the open, looked anxiously for the morning light. |
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My days among the dead are past,
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| (b) | They stole all the oranges but two, but, as they were getting over the wall, they dropped five or six. |
| (c) | If I were you, I would wait until to-morrow, or at least until this afternoon's post is come in. |
| (a) | Oliver Cromwell was styled the Protector. |
| (b) | She gave me the book which she had promised me, |
| (c) | He has run his race, and now he is sleeping the sleep of the just. |
"Back! Back! The back of your cart is too broad to get in here. Bach it at once, and go round the back way."
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They say there is a garden fair
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| (b) |
He bargained with two ruffians strong,
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9. "The principal basis of the English language is the Anglo-Saxon element. Of 38,000 principal words, it is reckoned that about 28,000 spring from this source."—Morell.
As in a comprehensive English dictionary there are about 100,000 words, point out the principal sources from which we have borrowed the rest of our words, and mention any historical events that have led to such borrowing.