GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 28 December 1863
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 28 December 1863
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 28 December 1863
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor
Date(s)
- 1863-12-28
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 28 December 1863
Text: Cross, II, 373-374.
Your affectionate greeting comes as one of the many blessings that are brightening this happy Christmas.
We have been giving our evenings up to parental duties -- i.e., to games and music for the amusement of the youngsters. I am wonderfully well in body, but rather in a self-indulgent state mentally, saying, "Soul, take thine ease," 221 after a dangerous example.
Of course, I shall be glad to see your fair face whenever it can shine upon me; but I can well imagine, with your multitudinous connections, Christmas and the New Year are times when all unappointed visits must be impossible to you.
All good to you and yours through the coming year! and amongst the good, may you continue to feel some love for me; for love is one of the conditions in which it is even better to give than to receive.
Text: Cross, II, 373-374.
Your affectionate greeting comes as one of the many blessings that are brightening this happy Christmas.
We have been giving our evenings up to parental duties -- i.e., to games and music for the amusement of the youngsters. I am wonderfully well in body, but rather in a self-indulgent state mentally, saying, "Soul, take thine ease," 221 after a dangerous example.
Of course, I shall be glad to see your fair face whenever it can shine upon me; but I can well imagine, with your multitudinous connections, Christmas and the New Year are times when all unappointed visits must be impossible to you.
All good to you and yours through the coming year! and amongst the good, may you continue to feel some love for me; for love is one of the conditions in which it is even better to give than to receive.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 28 December 1863, 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/93587