The Journal To Eliza And Various Letters Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Journal to Eliza and Various Letters Sterne married Miss Lumley of York. He afterwards held sentimental converse with Miss Fourmantelle, Lady Percy, "My witty widow Mrs. F -," &c., c. But his one passion was for the Eliza to whom this volume is dedicated. "Not Swift," he wrote to her just before she sailed for India, "so loved his Stella, Scarron his Maintenon, or Waller his Sacharissa, as I will love and sing thee, my wife elect! All those names, eminent as they are, shall give place to thine, Eliza." Mrs. Elizabeth Draper was daughter to one May Sclater who went out to India when a mere boy. He married there a Miss Whitehill, and settled at Anjengo, a small factory on the coast of Malabar, where Elizabeth was born on April 5, 1744. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...may conceive others. / wish I was in Arno's Fa&t--This letter is probably lost. Consult Letter CXLI. July 2d--But I am in the Vale of Cox-would & wish You saw in how princely a manner I live in it--tis a Land of Plenty--I sit down alone to Venison, fish or wild foul--or a couple of fouls--with curds, and strawberrys & cream, (and all the simple clean plenty w a rich Vally can produce, --with a Bottle of wine on my right hand (as in Bond street) to drink yr. health--I have a hundred hens & chickens ab my yard--and not a parishoner catches a hare a rabbit or a Trout--but he brings it as an offering--In short tis a golden Vally--& will be the golden Age when You govern the rural feast, my Bramine, & are the Mistress of my table & spread it with elegancy and that natural grace & bounty w w heaven has distinguish'd You..--Time goes on slowly--every thing stands still--hours seem days & days seem Years whilst you lengthen the Distance between us--from Madras to Bombay--I shall think it shortening--and then desire & expectation will be upon the rack again--come--come--July 3? Hail! Haill my dear Eliza--I steal something every day from my sentimental Journey--to obey a more sentimental impulse in writing to you--& giving you the present Picture of myself--my wishes--my Love, my sincerity--my hopes--my fears--tell me, have I varied in any one Lineament, from the first sitting--to this last--have I been less warm--less tender and affectionate than you expected or could have wish'd me in any one of 'em--or, however varied in the expressions of what I was & what I felt, have I not still presented the same air and face towards thee?--take it as a Sample of what I ever shall be--My dear Bramine--& that is--such as my honour, my Engagements & promisses &..

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