Blessed with good health and with a fair estate

DMI number:

7830

First Line:

Blessed with good health and with a fair estate

Last Line:

So good sir be pleased to send me your answer

Poem Genre / Form:

Question and Couplet

Themes:

Science[mathematical question]

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Content/Publication

Title:

Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [July-September 1711]

Page No(s):

pp.272-273

Poem Title:

Question 1.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Barriffe

Attributed To:

William Barriffe