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For energy, vigour, and raoiness of style the lambes of our contemporary satirist, Mr. Auguste Barbier, deserve to be compared with d'Aubigne's Tragiques. 3. Translate also :— Do you like fish, sir ? That depends ; what fish have you ? A splendid turbot, caught this morning. I prefer soles. We have some ; do you like them fried ? Yes. Bring me at the same time some oil, vinegar, pepper, salt, and a slice of lemon. When shall you be ready ? In two or three minutes. May I have this ? Certainly ; take it. And now, where are you going? 4. Conjugate in full the verbs falloir, pleuvoir, neiger. 5. Give the French for— It is early yet. To the knowledge of everybody. Here we are. So much the worse. At random. On the way. At first sight. Three times thirteen are thirty-nine. Half your cake. William the Third. 6. Give the plural form of— G'est nous. Est-ce lvi ? Au fond de lα'mer. Ne cours pas si vite. Cc tableau coute fort cher. Ou vas-tii ? Jβ suis id en camp-volant. 7. Explain fully the rules of concord of each past participle in the following sentences :— Nous n'avons pas encore rcqu les objefcs que vous nous avez envoyes. Us se sont ecrit plusieurs fois et ils se sont reconciliSs. Biles Ont ri et puis elles sont parties. Ils s'etaient propose d'aller au concert, Malgre les accidents qu'il y a eu. 8. Form French verbs from these adjectives: has, court, frais, haut, large, rouge, moindre, beau, faux, and dur. 9. Give the negative form and the meaning of— -aise, bienfaisant, content, fidele, habite, habille, heureux, Ugitime, and loyal. 10. Which one single French word is equivalent to each of the following: a Vaveuir, bien que, a Iα maison de, faire voir, de bonne heure, plus mauvais, jour precedent, jour suivant, de gui, pas beaucotip.

German. — For Class D, and for Senior and Junior Civil Service. Time allowed : 3 hours. 1. Translate into English :—• Vier Soldaten waren desertirt. Sic wurden gefangen uud yon dem Kriegsgericht zum Tod verurteilt. Der Kaiser anderte die Strafe dahin, dass nur einer gehangt werden solle. Die Soldaten wurden auf den Hinrichtungsplatz gefiihrfc. Dort befahl man ihnen zu wiirfeln, damit der, der am wenigsten werfe, gehangt werde. Drei davon thaten dies, aber der vierte weigerte sich zu wiirfeln, weil der Kaiser jedes hasardspiel verboten habe. Da er nicht zum Wiirfeln zu bewegen war, befragte man der Kaiser ; der die Geistesgegenwart dcs Ungliicklichen so bewunderte, dass er alle vier begnadigte. 2. Translate also :— Was fur Wetter ist es heute ? An wen schrieben Sic ? Sahen Sic das neve Stiick gestern? Ist es sehr weit yon hier? Erwarten Sic jemand ? Nehmen Sic Ihren Hut ab. Die Uhr schlagt. Es regnete den ganzen Tag. Setzen Sic Ihre Kappe auf. 3. Give the comparative and superlative of gut, viel, oben, gross, hoch, nah, hinter, fromm, kurz, arm. 4. Form the genitive singular and the nominative plural of the following nouns, and mention those which have two different plurals : Acker, Geld, Gemdlde, Gesicht, Hund, Kind, Kunst, Leben, Pferd, Warter, Wonne, Wort. 5. Conjugate in the imperfect indicative the verbs fliegen, gehen, laufen, and singen.

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