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Page 490 - When first the marriage knot was tied Betwixt my wife and me, My age did hers 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 sixteen. Now tell me, I pray, What were our ages on the wedding-day...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Arithmetical Collections and Improvements: Being a Complete System of Practical Arithmetic |
| Authors | Anthony Birks, John Birks |
| Publisher | Printed for, and sold by the authors, 1766 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 611 pages |
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