 | William Webster - Arithmetic - 1740 - 266 pages
...marriage-knot wa« ty-d Betwixt my wife and me ; My age did her-s as far exceed, As three times three does three. But after ten and half ten years, We man and...to mine, As eight is to fixteen. *- - • — Now, pray, What were our ages on the wedding-day ? Firft, fupptfe her 3.i then he muft be 63 then adding... | |
 | William Craighead - Arithmetic - 1757 - 584 pages
...knot was ty'd, Betwixt my wife and me ; JMy age did her's as far exceed, As three times three does three. But after ten and half ten years, » We man and wife had been ; •.Her аде саше up as near to mine, As eight is to fixteen. U. • Now, pray, What w»re our ages on... | |
 | Benjamin Donne - Algebra - 1758 - 428 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Webster - Arithmetic - 1767 - 262 pages
...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...near to mine, As eight is to fixteen. • • Now, pray, What were our ages on the wedding-day ? Firft, fuppofe her 2l then he muji be 63 then adding... | |
 | John Mair - Arithmetic - 1772 - 376 pages
...marriage-knot was tied Betwixt my wife and me, My age did hers as far exceed, As three times three does three ; But after ten and half ten years, We man and...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... | |
 | Mathematical recreations - 1774 - 734 pages
...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...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 man's age,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1775 - 382 pages
...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 paradoxes... | |
 | Ladies' diary - 1775 - 430 pages
...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 paradoxes... | |
 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1785 - 350 pages
...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 - Mathematics - 1787 - 480 pages
...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 wife's... | |
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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... 
