4.] [Footnote 1111: The father of the Wesleys had even determined at one time to abandon his wife because her conscience forbade her to assent to his prayers for the then reigning monarch, and he was only saved from the consequences of his rash resolve by the accidental death of William III.

He displayed the same overbearing disposition in dealing with his children; forcing his daughter Mehetabel to marry, against her will, a man whom she did not love, and who proved entirely unworthy of her.] [Footnote 1112: Goethe himself says--"Vom Vater hab' ich die Statur, Des Lebens ernstes Fuhren; Von Mutterchen die Frohnatur Und Lust zu fabuliren."] [Footnote 1113: Mrs.Grote's 'Life of Ary Scheffer,' p.

154.] [Footnote 1114: Michelet, 'On Priests, Women, and Families.'] [Footnote 1115: Mrs.Byron is said to have died in a fit of passion, brought on by reading her upholsterer's bills.] [Footnote 1116: Sainte-Beuve, 'Causeries du Lundi,' i.

23.] [Footnote 1117: Ibid.i.

22.] [Footnote 1118: Ibid.1.