(6) Jared Sparks' 'Life of Washington.'

(7) Forster's 'Eminent British Statesmen' (Cabinet Cyclop.) vi. 8.

(8) The Earl of Mornington, composer of 'Here in cool grot,' &c.

(9) Robert Bell's 'Life of Canning,' p. 37.

(10) 'Life of Curran,' by his son, p. 4.

(11) 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.

(12) Goethe himself says--
"Vom Vater hab' ich die Statur,
Des Lebens ernstes Fuhren;
Von Mutterchen die Frohnatur
Und Lust zu fabuliren."

(13) Mrs. Grote's 'Life of Ary Scheffer,' p. 154.

(14) Michelet, 'On Priests, Women, and Families.'