Wives of Great Men.
Sir Thomaß More'a wife scolded him on the ere of his execution. HazJitfc'a wife cared nathing for hig abilities, and kept him in hot water by her •temper. Moliere, at the age of 40, married an aotrees, aged 17, who coon ran away from sum. Milton had trouble with each of his wives, tire fault being perhaps us machine own as theirs. Napoleon often aworo at Josephine, and ■when she cned told her to huah. "It makes j«ut nose red." Coleridge left his wife and children without apology or farewell, and never would see them again. Catheiinell. of Russia had her traaband **aesinated, and from his death to her own iiuea alone. Shelley married an innkeeper's daughter -who proved uncongenial. He left h«l and -•«!ie committed suicide.— Chicago Tribune. '
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Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 869, 9 December 1893, Page 5
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