 | William Webster - Arithmetic - 1740 - 266 pages
...exceed, As three times three does three. But after ten and half ten years, We man and wife had been ; Her age came up as near 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... | |
 | Benjamin Donne - Algebra - 1758 - 428 pages
...which is the fame as * 10$. OT+ » the But, after ten 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 (you who can) I pray, What were our Ages on the Wedding-Day ? Solution. Suppofe,... | |
 | Anthony Birks, John Birks - Arithmetic - 1766 - 640 pages
...exceed, As three times three doth three : But after ten and half ten years We man and wife had been, Her age 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. Then... | |
 | William Webster - Arithmetic - 1767 - 262 pages
...exceed, As three times three does three. Eut after ten and half ten years, We man and wife had been, Her age came up as 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
...exceed, As three times three does three ; But after ten and half ten years, We man and wife had been, Her age 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
...agreed As nine doth unto three. But after ten and half ten years, ', • We man 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'lh marriage day ? /• jfnfoser. Let M reprefent the man's age, and W the woman's ' age upon their... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1775 - 382 pages
...fifteen loads of hay; How many pounds, with fixtcen crowns, for ninety loads will pay ? Quejlion 5. When firft the marriage knot was ty'd Betwixt my wife...Anfwers to the geographical paradoxes propounded in the loft years diary* Solution of Paradox i. ALL places that lie under the firft meridian, have both the... | |
 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1785 - 350 pages
...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
...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 15. 19. A jockey has two horfes A and... | |
 | Thomas Peacock - Arithmetic - 1791 - 302 pages
...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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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... 
