| Benjamin Donne - 1758 - 428 σελίδες
...laft Equation, being divided fcy TA + », Will give ** = • , which is the fame as * 10$. OT+ » the But, after ten and half ten Years We Man and Wife...been. Her Age came up as near to mine^ As Eight is to Sixteen. Now tell me (you who can) I pray, What were our Ages on the Wedding-Day ? Solution. Suppofe,... | |
| Anthony Birks, John Birks - 1766 - 640 σελίδες
...marriage knot was ty'd, Betwixt my wife and me, My age did her's as far exceed, As three times three doth three : But after ten and half ten years We man and...came up as near to mine, As eight is to fixteen : Now tell me (you who can) I pray, What were our ages on the wedding-day I Suppofe the wife's age 12 years.... | |
| William Webster - 1767 - 262 σελίδες
...was ty'd Betwixt my wife and me, My age did her's as far exceed, As three times three does three. Eut after ten and half ten years, We man and wife had...pray, What were our ages on the wedding-day ? Firft, fuppofe her 2l then he muji be 63 then adding to each 1 5 • i 5 her age becomes 36 &/ 7 8 This error... | |
| John Mair - 1772 - 376 σελίδες
...of the body 24 inches, and length of the tail 18 inches. 1 1. When firft the marriage-knot was tied Betwixt my wife and me, My age did hers as far exceed,...came up as near to mine, As eight is to fixteen. Now, Tyro, fk'1ll'd in numbers, fay, What were our ages on the wedding-day I Anfwer. Sir, Forty-five years... | |
| 1774 - 734 σελίδες
...the marriage knot was tied Betwixt my wife and me, My age to her's we found agreed As nine doth unto three. But after ten and half ten years, ', • We...came up as near to mine, As eight is to fixteen. Now tell me if you can, I pray, What was our age o'lh marriage day ? /• jfnfoser. Let M reprefent the... | |
| Ladies' diary - 1775 - 430 σελίδες
...exceed As three times three, doth three: But after ten and half ten years We man and wife had beenj Her age came up as near to mine As eight is to fixteen. Now tell me, if you can, I pray, What was our age o' th' marriage day ? 1709. Anfwers to the geographical... | |
| Charles Hutton - 1775 - 382 σελίδες
...exceed As three times three, doth three: But after ten and half ten years We man and wife had beenj. Her age came up as near to mine As eight is to fixteen. Now tell me, if you can, I pray,. What was our age o' th' marriage day ? 1709. Anfwers to the geographical... | |
| Charles Vyse - 1785 - 350 σελίδες
...my Wife and me, My Age did her's as far exceed As three Times three does three ; But when ten Years, and Half ten Years, We Man and Wife had been, Her Age came up as near to mine As eight is to iixteen. , Now, tell me, I pray, . What were our Ages on the Wedding Day ? 9. A Gentleman finding feveral... | |
| Giovanni Alberto Baselli - 1787 - 480 σελίδες
...age to her's we found agreed, As nine doth unto three : But after ten and half ten years, We «¡an and wife had been, Her age came up as near to mine, As eight is to fixteen. Now tell me, if you can, I pray, What was our age o'th' marriage day ? Anf. The man's age was 45, and the... | |
| Thomas Peacock - 1791 - 302 σελίδες
...did her's as far exceed Аз three times three doth three : But when ten years, and half ten yeais, We man and wife had been, Her age came up as near to mine, As eight is to fixteen. Ye learned fcholars, tell to me, I pray, What were our ages on the wedding day ? Anf. Her age 1 5 ys.... | |
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