GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 26 December 1877
Title
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 26 December 1877
Title
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 26 December 1877
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Frederic Harrison
Date(s)
- 1877-12-26
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 26 December 1877
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Envelope: Frederic Harrison Esq | 1 Southwick Place | W. Postmarks: ST. JOHNS-WOOD | XX | DE 26 | 77 | N.W; LONDON-W | P | DE 26 | 77. Extract published: F. Harrison, Memories and Thoughts, 1906, pp. 155-156.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
December 26. 77.
Dear Mr. Harrison
I have now re-read more than once the Prayers we spoke of and withdraw my remarks (made under reserve) as not at all applicable. The prayers keep, I think, within the due limit of aspiration and do not pass into beseeching.
Certainly if just the right words could be found -- what Vauvenargues 797 calls "cette splendeur d'expression qui emporte avec elle la preuve des grandes pens'e9es" -- a ritual might bring more illumination than sermons and lectures.
Mr. Lewes and I -- please tell Mrs. Harrison -- find the dictionaries on the side of primuc0u8242 -er, not priu8242 -mer.
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Envelope: Frederic Harrison Esq | 1 Southwick Place | W. Postmarks: ST. JOHNS-WOOD | XX | DE 26 | 77 | N.W; LONDON-W | P | DE 26 | 77. Extract published: F. Harrison, Memories and Thoughts, 1906, pp. 155-156.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
December 26. 77.
Dear Mr. Harrison
I have now re-read more than once the Prayers we spoke of and withdraw my remarks (made under reserve) as not at all applicable. The prayers keep, I think, within the due limit of aspiration and do not pass into beseeching.
Certainly if just the right words could be found -- what Vauvenargues 797 calls "cette splendeur d'expression qui emporte avec elle la preuve des grandes pens'e9es" -- a ritual might bring more illumination than sermons and lectures.
Mr. Lewes and I -- please tell Mrs. Harrison -- find the dictionaries on the side of primuc0u8242 -er, not priu8242 -mer.
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 26 December 1877, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/92408