One day for diversion or pastime and pleasure

DMI number:

7665

First Line:

One day for diversion or pastime and pleasure

Last Line:

Suppose that to take up the rest he'd a mind

Poem Genre / Form:

Question and Couplet

Themes:

Science[mathematical question] and Travel

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Content/Publication

Title:

Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [May 1711]

Page No(s):

p.189

Poem Title:

Quest. 2.

Attribution:

By Mr. John Burnet

Attributed To:

John Burnet