GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Edinburgh, 12 October 1852]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Edinburgh, 12 October 1852]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Edinburgh, 12 October 1852]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1852-10-12
Place
[Edinburgh]
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Edinburgh, 12 October 1852]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Oc. 12. Extract published: Cross, I, 294.
My dear Sara
I am in your debt I don't know how many letters deep, and I cannot ever say, [Have patience with me and I will pay thee all] 201 -- I can only ask for full and free forgiveness. Of course all the letters I send to Rosehill are addressed to you as much as to the others, but I feel that your share in the weekly dispatches to me often demand a special answer, and if my pen were as ready as my thought, you would often have such an answer.
We shall soon be face to face and not talking to each other through letters darkly, so I reserve all I have to say till then. Glad, however, that you liked the article on the Ox[ford] Com[missio]n. Froude himself had the good taste to strike out the Boanerges passage at the end. 202 Those who know the article on Whewell to be Mill's generally think it good, but I confess that to me it is unsatisfactory.
The sun does shine here, albeit this is the 12th of October. I wish you could see the view from Salisbury Crag!
Your loving and longing-to-see-you
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Oc. 12. Extract published: Cross, I, 294.
My dear Sara
I am in your debt I don't know how many letters deep, and I cannot ever say, [Have patience with me and I will pay thee all] 201 -- I can only ask for full and free forgiveness. Of course all the letters I send to Rosehill are addressed to you as much as to the others, but I feel that your share in the weekly dispatches to me often demand a special answer, and if my pen were as ready as my thought, you would often have such an answer.
We shall soon be face to face and not talking to each other through letters darkly, so I reserve all I have to say till then. Glad, however, that you liked the article on the Ox[ford] Com[missio]n. Froude himself had the good taste to strike out the Boanerges passage at the end. 202 Those who know the article on Whewell to be Mill's generally think it good, but I confess that to me it is unsatisfactory.
The sun does shine here, albeit this is the 12th of October. I wish you could see the view from Salisbury Crag!
Your loving and longing-to-see-you
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Edinburgh, 12 October 1852], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/93799