GE to Maria Lewis, Griff, 8 March 1841
Title
GE to Maria Lewis, Griff, 8 March 1841
Title
GE to Maria Lewis, Griff, 8 March 1841
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria Lewis
Date(s)
- 1841-03-08
Place
GRIFF
Letter Content
GE to Maria Lewis, Griff, 8 March 1841
MS: Yale. Address: Miss Lewis | at the Revd L. Harper's | Burton Latimer | near Kettering. Postmark: COVENTRY | MA 8 | 1841. Extract published: Cross, 1, 81-82.
Griff March 8th 1840. 298
My very dear Veronica,
I had written a note to you and enclosed it in a parcel which Mr. T. Bull had offered to convey to you next week, but the perusal of your letter to Mr. Houghton, given to me this morning, induces me to quash, with some reluctance, the product of half an hour, and send you a letter as the herald of my parcel, instead of its pursuivant or its page. I am just about to set out on a purchasing expedition to Coventry -- you may therefore conceive that I am full of little plans and anxieties, and will understand why I should be brief. I feel relieved by an acquaintance with your decision but I wish a more unexceptionable niche might offer itself for your acceptance as near me as Baginton. I hope by the close of next week that we and our effects shall be deposited at Foleshill, and until then and afterwards I shall be fully occupied so that I am sure you will not expect to hear from me for the next six weeks -- one little bit of unreasonableness you must grant me, the request for a letter from yourself within that time.
I have a very short allowance of time for preparation this morning, and must therefore content myself with assuring you of my continued love, and with asking your prayers that my spirit may not become warped by intercourse with earthly trifles and considerations of worldly interest, but may rather be urged to cling closely to heavenly hopes.
May we both in our diverse but I trust converging paths be upheld and guided by the staff of Divine consolation and the light of Divine Wisdom. How beautiful is the 63d Psalm. [Because Thy loving kindness is better than life my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live, I will lift up my hands in thy name, my soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips] etc. 299 I feel strongly reproved by this picture of entire satisfaction in God as a portion. What folly to wish and long for what may after all be as the quails to the lusting Israelites! 300
Ever your affectionate
Clematis.
MS: Yale. Address: Miss Lewis | at the Revd L. Harper's | Burton Latimer | near Kettering. Postmark: COVENTRY | MA 8 | 1841. Extract published: Cross, 1, 81-82.
Griff March 8th 1840. 298
My very dear Veronica,
I had written a note to you and enclosed it in a parcel which Mr. T. Bull had offered to convey to you next week, but the perusal of your letter to Mr. Houghton, given to me this morning, induces me to quash, with some reluctance, the product of half an hour, and send you a letter as the herald of my parcel, instead of its pursuivant or its page. I am just about to set out on a purchasing expedition to Coventry -- you may therefore conceive that I am full of little plans and anxieties, and will understand why I should be brief. I feel relieved by an acquaintance with your decision but I wish a more unexceptionable niche might offer itself for your acceptance as near me as Baginton. I hope by the close of next week that we and our effects shall be deposited at Foleshill, and until then and afterwards I shall be fully occupied so that I am sure you will not expect to hear from me for the next six weeks -- one little bit of unreasonableness you must grant me, the request for a letter from yourself within that time.
I have a very short allowance of time for preparation this morning, and must therefore content myself with assuring you of my continued love, and with asking your prayers that my spirit may not become warped by intercourse with earthly trifles and considerations of worldly interest, but may rather be urged to cling closely to heavenly hopes.
May we both in our diverse but I trust converging paths be upheld and guided by the staff of Divine consolation and the light of Divine Wisdom. How beautiful is the 63d Psalm. [Because Thy loving kindness is better than life my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live, I will lift up my hands in thy name, my soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips] etc. 299 I feel strongly reproved by this picture of entire satisfaction in God as a portion. What folly to wish and long for what may after all be as the quails to the lusting Israelites! 300
Ever your affectionate
Clematis.
Signature
Clematis.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria Lewis, Griff, 8 March 1841, 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/92917