too, in a strange way, there was given what we may call a life in the divine idea of the world: vision of the inward divine mystery: and strangely, out of his books, the world rises imaged once more as godlike; the workmanship and temple of a God. He illuminated all-but in a wild, celestial radiance ;-really a prophecy in those most unprophetic times, to my mind, by far the greatest, though one of the quietest, among all the great things that have come to pass in them. Our chosen specimen of the hero, as a literary man would be this Göthe. And it were a very pleasant plan for me here to discourse of his heroism, for I consider him to be a true hero; heroic in what he said and did, and perhaps still more in what he did not say and did not do: to me a noble spectacle; a great, heroic ancient man, speaking and keeping silence as an ancient hero, in the guise of a most modern, high-bred, high-cultivated man of letters.' Do you agree with this judgment of Carlyle's on Goethe? 3. Who was Winckelmann? How did his studies on Ancient Art influence German Literature? 4. Write a short life of Richter, naming his principal works. 5. What is the importance of Weimar in the history of German Literature? 6. Give an account of the historical works of Schiller and endeavour to estimate his merits as a historian, 7. What is meant by the distinction between the Classic and Romantic Schools? Illustrate from German and English poetry. [E. T. 1879.] Pass School. Group B. English History. 1. Compare the Anglo-Saxon, the Danish, and the Norman Conquests of England in their mode of operation and in their effects. 2. State accurately the relations of Normandy to England between the Norman Conquest and the final separation of the two countries. Was the separation a gain or a loss to England? Give reasons for your answer. 3. What was the subject of dispute between Henry I and Anselm? How was it settled? In what sense can the assertion of ecclesiastical privileges or exemptions by Anselm and Becket be looked upon as an assertion of political liberty? 4. Show by examples whether the Church was a help or a hindrance to the growth of political freedom before the Reformation. 5. State accurately what were the constitutional restrictions on the legislative, judicial, and financial powers of the king at the end of the reign of Edward I. 6. What was the exact nature of the claim of Edward III to the French crown? What was the greatest extent of territory ever held at one time by the English king in France? 7. What were the effects upon the Constitution of the Wars of the Roses? 8. Illustrate the way in which considerations of home and foreign policy influenced the course of the Reformation in England. [Turn over. 9. Give an account of the proceedings of the Long Parliament from its assembling to the outbreak of the Civil War. 10. Explain the nature and principles of the foreign policy of William III. In what sense was he his own foreign minister? 11. Account for the long duration of Sir Robert Walpole's Ministry. 12. On what occasions and with what results did George III put in operation the personal power of the Crown? What efforts were made to restrain such exercise of prerogative? [T. T. 1879.] Pass School. Group B. Real Property Law. I. 1. Explain the origin of primogeniture. How far does it still survive in law or fact? Does it ever extend to females? 2. What were the two main provisions of Stat. Quia Emptores, and how were they both completed by 12 Car. II, c. 24? 3. What was the real object of Dower? Describe the rights and liabilities of the Dowager at Common Law. Why and by what means was she otherwise provided for ? 4. X dying intestate leaves surviving-A, a son of his daughter (who was his eldest child); B, a son of his eldest son; C, his maternal great-uncle; D, his second son; E, his paternal grandmother; F, his maternal uncle. Place them in their proper order of descent, mentioning where the Stat. 3 and 4 Will. IV, c. 106 has modified their claims. 5. Define briefly-burgage, heriot, formedon, writ of right close, emblements, court-leet, defeasance, freebench, Queen Anne's Bounty. 6. Describe the gradual reforms by which land has become liable for the debts of deceased tenant. Distinguish between Debts of Preference, Specialty, Record, Deed, and Simple Contract. 7. Sketch the ceremonial of a Fine levied in court by proclamation. How did its effects differ from those of a Common Recovery? 8. Explain the various ways in which Forfeiture may take place. 9. Upon what points of law do the following maxims bear? (1) Accessorium sequitur suum principale. |