GE to Mrs. Nassau John Senior, London, 13 March 1870
Title
GE to Mrs. Nassau John Senior, London, 13 March 1870
Title
GE to Mrs. Nassau John Senior, London, 13 March 1870
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Nassau John Senior
Date(s)
- 1870-03-13
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Nassau John Senior, London, 13 March 1870
Text: Copy at Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory | 21 North Bank | March 13. 1870.
Dear Friend
Bless you first of all for being a good woman, and next for being good to me. The sachet came to me quite safely, smelling like the garden of Eden in its most desirable spots where the violets grew. So you will be hovering about me like an invisible angel with violet scented wings. Very delicate scents make me feel happy, but I find it too troublesome to get them for myself. So such a present as this is really a greater addition to my pleasure than it would be to most people's.
Keep a little love for me till we come back, 137 for I shall think of you as one of the friends who make an English home dear, and enter into my life quite out of proportion to the number of times that I see them.
One lives by faith in human goodness, the only guarantee that there can be any other sort of goodness in the universe. See how diffusive your one little life may be. I say that 'e0propos of your longing for a wider existence.
The snow astonished us this morning, but Mr. Lewes thinks that snow with a quiet wind is more favorable for our voyaging than the former state of things. Pray offer our kind regards to Mr. Senior, and think of me often as
Yours always affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
Text: Copy at Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory | 21 North Bank | March 13. 1870.
Dear Friend
Bless you first of all for being a good woman, and next for being good to me. The sachet came to me quite safely, smelling like the garden of Eden in its most desirable spots where the violets grew. So you will be hovering about me like an invisible angel with violet scented wings. Very delicate scents make me feel happy, but I find it too troublesome to get them for myself. So such a present as this is really a greater addition to my pleasure than it would be to most people's.
Keep a little love for me till we come back, 137 for I shall think of you as one of the friends who make an English home dear, and enter into my life quite out of proportion to the number of times that I see them.
One lives by faith in human goodness, the only guarantee that there can be any other sort of goodness in the universe. See how diffusive your one little life may be. I say that 'e0propos of your longing for a wider existence.
The snow astonished us this morning, but Mr. Lewes thinks that snow with a quiet wind is more favorable for our voyaging than the former state of things. Pray offer our kind regards to Mr. Senior, and think of me often as
Yours always affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Nassau John Senior, London, 13 March 1870, 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/93562