EXAMINATION PAPERS.
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LEAVING CERTIFICATE, 1896.
Examination Papers.
ENGLISH.
Lower Grade.
Tuesday, \§th June. 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Every Candidate should answer nine questions, and no more, of which
five must be in Section I., two in Section II., and two in Section III.
Questions 1, 2, and 3 must be attempted.
Section I.
1. Write out, and punctuate, the passage read for dictation.
2. Write a short essay of about two pages on one of the following
subjects:—
(а) The character and career of Richard L, or of Oliver
Cromwell, or of the Young Pretender.
(б) A letter to a friend, containing an invitation to spend a
holiday with you.
3. Paraphrase the following lines, so as to bring out their full
meaning:—
’Tis easy to resign a toilsome place,
■ But no Wo manage leisure with a grace.
Absence of occupation is not rest;
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress’d.
The veteran steed, excused his task at length
In kind compassion of his failing strength,
And turn’d into the park or mead to graze,
Exempt from future service all his days.
There feels a pleasure perfect in its kind,
Ranges at liberty, and snuffs the wind.
But when his lord would quit the busy road,
To taste a joy like that he has bestow’d,
He proves, less happy than his favour’d brute,
A life of ease a difficult pursuit.
4. Point out the words of classical origin in the passage quoted in
Question 3. Give the derivation oifive of these words.
Parse the words italicised in the above passage.
5. Make a general analysis of the following sentence :—“ He held it to
be the duty of all true Christians to form congregations apart,
to which only those whose religion and morality were beyond
question should be admitted.”