August

Aug. 1. W.Finish Henry 4: Stuart, 137 pages. Stuart calls.

2. Th.Systême, 12 pages: Stuart, 75 pages. Write a Life of Shakespeare, 7 pages. Sup at Holcroft's, with Shield.

3. F.Write 2 1/2 pages. Eloise, 50 pages: Henry 4 II, 1 1/2 acts.

4. Sa.Write 1 1/2 pages: revise. Eloise, 7 pages: Finish Henry 4 II: Henry 5, // act. 1. Burgoyne dies.

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Aug. 5. Sa.Revise un peu. Write a letter to C. Dine at Holcrofts, with Crosdil, talk of disease. Tea at Watts's, with Holcroft & Dowse, talk of politics & vice. Fenwick sups. Guilford dies.

6. M.Revise. Cibber's Richard, 3 acts. Holcroft & Fenwick at tea. Henry 5, act 2. C's first appearance, at Newcastle, Smith in the Road to Ruin ^e.

7. Tu.Revise. Finish Cibber's Richard: Essay on Falstaff. Sup at miss Godwin's. 

8. W.Merry Wives: Finish Henry 5: Henry 6 I, 1 1/2 acts.

9. Th.Transcribe 2 pages, Book V, with corrections. Finish Henry 6 I: Lear: Eloise, 43 p^s. Protesilas.

10. F.Henry 6 II: Eloise, 37 pages. Stuart calls: tell him of his errors. Tea at Holcroft's. King of France suspended^e.

11. Sa.Write 2 pages. Eloise 42 pages: Henry 6 III: Richard, 2/3 act.

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Aug. 12. Su.Write or transcribe 3 pages. Richard, 2 1/3 // acts. Dine at Holcroft's: advenae Dyson & Pinard, talk of absolute & almost infinite liberty, & self love.

13. M.Write 1 page: revise. Finish Richard: Henry 8, acts 1 & 2. Hear from M^rs Siddons.

14. Tu.Send a portmanteau^e: write to C. & J Barnard. Finish Henry 8: Eloise, 203 pages.

15. W.Write 5 pages. Eloise, 109 pages: Julius Caesar, 3 acts. C. acts Malcolm ^e.

16. Th.Write 1/2 page. Eloise, 35 pages: Finish Julius Caesar: Vie de Franklin, 28 pages. Write to C. on Malcolm.

17. F.Revise un peu. Eloise, 18 pages. Dine at Holcroft's: writes to C: Fenwick at tea.

18. Sa.Finish Eloise, 94 pages. Tea miss Godwin's: stage to Rumford, Geo. Shelley. Sleep at the Cock & Bell.[Not in London]

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Aug. 19. Su.Walk to Ingatestone, B. Hollis's. Vie de Franklin, 43 pages: Corrections of Common Sense.[Not in London]

20. M.Prospects on the Rubicon, 22 pages: Johnson's Life of Milton: Toland's d^o, 30 pages: Franklin, 27 pages. M^r Preston of Jerico & miss D'Alton dine.[Not in London]

21. Tu.Chronology of Milton: Finish Rubicon: Franklin, 10 pages: Woolston, 40 pages: Castle of Indolence, B. 1.[Not in London]

22. W.Woolston, 250 pages passim. Tea at D^r Stubbs's of Frierning, with B. Hollis.[Not in London]

23. Th. Walk to Rumford, 3 hours: stage to town[:?] breakfast at miss Godwin's: dine at M^r Marshal's. See Cross Partners^e.[Not in London]

24. F.Finish Franklin: Confessions, Part II, 92 pages. Holcroft at tea.

25. Sa.Rousseau on Miracles, 37 pages: Dedication to the Republic, 22 pages: Confessions, 222, pages.

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Aug. 26. Su.As you Like it, 2 1/2 acts: Confessions, 124 pages. Dine at Holcrofts: tea with him at Nicholson's, talk of optimism. Shield & mrs Clendenning au bas.

27. M.Confessions, 253 pages.

28. // Tu.Finish Confessions, 150 pages: Rêveries, 33 pages: Sur la Pologne, 13 pages. Miss Godwin sups. 

29. W.Jardine calls. Read his journal: Cooper's Reply, 66 pages: Rêveries, 76 pages.

30. Th.Finish Cooper, 16 pages: Nouvelles Lettres, 84 pages: Lettre à d'Alembert, 88 pages. Ab. Dyson at tea. Sup at Holcroft's, talk of French & Spartan virtue.

31. F.Holcroft calls, in instigandum. Call on Barry, il veut acheter. A d'Alembert, 138 pages: Lettres, 94 pages.