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Show ONE OF THE THREE WORST WIVES IN HISTORY St. Giles, Camherwell, Is tho burial buri-al placo of Mrs. John Wesley, wlfo of tho fnmous preacher. Southoy grouped Mrs. Wesley with tho partners part-ners of Socrates nnd Job among tho threo worst wives In history and sho Hcems to have deserved tho distinction. distinc-tion. Ono of WCBley's friends, snys tho London Mirror, records having seen him drngged round tho room by his hair by tho powerful virago, and sho seems to have made tho poor man's llfo n misery for twenty years. At last, to his great relief, she decamped, decamp-ed, carrying away many of his papers pa-pers simply to annoy him and ha saw her no more. Sho died In October, 1781. |
