Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Biographical Chronology
- THE LETTERS
- At Holly Lodge, 1 January 1856–25 August 1857
- Baron Macaulay of Rothley, 29 August 1857–29 December 1858
- The Final Year, 3 January–25 December 1859
- Letters of Uncertain Date, 1839–1859?
- Additional Letters, 4 March 1831–16 December 1848
- Appendixes
- Indexes
Additional Letters, 4 March 1831–16 December 1848
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Biographical Chronology
- THE LETTERS
- At Holly Lodge, 1 January 1856–25 August 1857
- Baron Macaulay of Rothley, 29 August 1857–29 December 1858
- The Final Year, 3 January–25 December 1859
- Letters of Uncertain Date, 1839–1859?
- Additional Letters, 4 March 1831–16 December 1848
- Appendixes
- Indexes
Summary
[Richard Sharp?] 4 March 1831
TO [RICHARD SHARP?], 4 MARCH 1831
MS: Mrs Michael Millgate.
Gray's Inn March 4. 1831
My dear Sir,
I thank you most heartily for your kind congratulations. I certainly succeeded beyond what I had expected; and I must say, without any mock-modesty, that I am still amazed at the favour with which my speech was received.
I have been solicited by several of our friends to print it. I have not absolutely made up my mind. But I think that I shall do so.
I hope that we shall meet soon. If I should not see you at dinner on Saturday at Sir G Philips's, or on Sunday at Mr. Boddington's, I will call on you.
Ever yours truly
T B Macaulay
TO LADY HOLLAND, [c. 15 SEPTEMBER 1831]
MS: British Museum. Address: The / Lady Holland. Extract published: Sonia Keppel, The Sovereign Lady, 1974, p. 294.
Dear Lady Holland,
I had not time, in our short conversation, to explain fully my opinions respecting the present crisis; nor have I now time to explain them fully in writing. I will tell you in a few lines what I know and what I think.
The question is this – If the Reform Bill is lost, ought the Ministers to resign? I have conversed on this subject with people of different ranks and of different shades of opinion; and I have heard only one answer.
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- The Letters of Thomas Babington MacAulay , pp. 273 - 284Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1981