The literary digest . the sentence which you give; but inhale is aless ambiguous term. A. L., Hoyt, Kan.—When have we had ayear with fifty-three Sundays previous to 1916? Whenever New Years day falls on a Sundaythere are fifty-three Simdays in the year. M. R., El Segundo, Cal.—What is themeaning of the rfiference to the swan song? .\ccording to Pliny (Natural History, x,23) Swans, a little before their deaths, sing mostsweetly; and it is from this that the swan-song has acquired a figurative use—the lastwork of a poet or musician, composed shortlybefore his dftitli. To the English people ofTen
The literary digest . the sentence which you give; but inhale is aless ambiguous term. A. L., Hoyt, Kan.—When have we had ayear with fifty-three Sundays previous to 1916? Whenever New Years day falls on a Sundaythere are fifty-three Simdays in the year. M. R., El Segundo, Cal.—What is themeaning of the rfiference to the swan song? .\ccording to Pliny (Natural History, x,23) Swans, a little before their deaths, sing mostsweetly; and it is from this that the swan-song has acquired a figurative use—the lastwork of a poet or musician, composed shortlybefore his dftitli. To the English people ofTennysons declining days Crossing the Barwas that poets swan-song, even as the musicof Oberon was the swan-song of Karl vonWeber. A. L. W., Prestonsburg, Ky.—Is the wordsuite ever, under any circumstances, pronounced Slit? The correct pronunciation of suite is swit—t as in police. A. R. B., Greenville, Cal.—Please explainthe derivation of the expression scolt-frev. The word scot in old English law meant a tax.
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