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... Arithmetic, Rational and Practical: Wherein the Properties of Numbers are ... - Page 143 by John Mair - 1772 Full view -
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