William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for June 1800

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June

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June 1. Su.Antonio, end of act 3. Fenwick calls: M dines: sup at mrs Robinson's (Allingham's), w. Fenwick.

2. M.Fairy Queen, Canto I: Rollo, acts 1 & 2. Dine at M Robinson's (Allingham); adv. Macmahon: call on Northcote (adv. père), & Fenwick, w. M Rna: S Kg calls n.

3. Tu.Fairy Queen, Cantos II, III: Rollo, act 3. Call on Opie: M dines: sup at Cuxson's.

4. W.Fairy Queen, Canto IV. Write to Bage & Burdet. A Walker calls: M Robinson at tea, w. M: call on Fenwick: sup at M Robinson's , w. M.

5. Th.Cordelia, Vol. I. Call on mrs Foulkes, Opie, Christie (incog) & Colman (do): meet Willis, Stewart, Carlisle & Bourgeois: S King calls n: call on Reynoldsn.

6. F.Write to Ht. Call on Lawrencena: Putney, & Packhorse Turnham Green, w. M Robinson, M E R & F; meet H Tooke & Burdet.

7. Sa.Fairy Queen, C. V, VI: Warton on Pope, Vol. I, p. 134: Cordelia, Vol. II. Pitchford calls: call on Opie: M dines: S E sups.

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June 8. Su.Fairy Queen, C. VII: sir Tho. More, apud Johnson's Dict. A Walker calls: meet Richter (& Crisp): dine at King's, w. Dogherty, Stafford, baron Starke, Fletcher, Agar, Hubbard & Kelly; adv. Wood, Pinkard & Moore. M Robinson calls n.

9. M.Shepherd's Calendar; 5 Ecl. M Robinson at tea: sup at Elwes's. S Cuxson calls.

10. Tu.Fairy Queen, C. VIII; Shepherd's Cal., Ecl. 6, 7: Robinson on Women, pp. 104. Davis of Tamworth calls: tea Barbauld's, w. F & { }

11. W.Antonio, act 4, p. 1, 2/2. Rollo, act 4, 5; Wife for a Month, act 1. Meet Reynolds & Lewis: call on mrs Tylern & Opie: tea M Robinson's, w. Wolcot, Northcote, 4 Porters, 2 Fks, Denham, Lettsom jr, Heslop & Calvt: Fell, S Elwes & Talbot call n.

12. Th.Fairy Queen, C. IX: Arnot's Journal, 3 Nos. Mrs Arnot & Lucy call: M sups.

13. F.Arnot's Journal, No. 6. A Walker calls: M Robinson at tea: sup at M Robinson's.

14. Sa.Antonio, revise. Wife for a Month, act 2. M dines; adv. M Robinson: call on Ritson: Sadler's Wells, w. M, M R, M E R, F & Cha. Willise. Tobin & S Cuxsonn call.

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June 15. Su.Antonio, p. 4. Wife for a Month, act 3: Claudian, Eutrop. II, 257. Hazlit & S Cuxson call: M R don: John Lawrence: tea Fell's, w. F & M: Fell sups: call on Lambn.

16. M.Tyrrwhit of on Chaucer, Vol. IV, pp. 189. Fell calls: M at tea: theatre (Ht) 1/3 Inkle, & 'Tis All a Farcee.

17. Tu.Claudian, 461: Fairy Queen, C. X.: Arnot, No. 9, fin. Cuxsons & Lamb call n: dine at Johnson's, w. Fuseli, Bonnycastle, Edgworth, Well's & 2 Aikins; adv. Newnum.

18. W.Claudian, 602, &c. Write to Davy. A Walker calls: call on Colmann & Northcote: meet Porter & Davis: dine at Fell, w. M, F & M; adv. Lamb. Wife for a Month, acts 4 & 5. Battle of Marengoe

19. Th.Antonio, revise. Fairy Queen, C. XI. E Christie calls: M dines: meet Lambs: call on Ja Mooren: sup at M Robinson's.

20. F.Antonio, revise. Fairy Queen, C. XII: Spanish Curate, acts 4, 5. A Walker calls: Cuxsons at tea. Claudian, Stilic, I, 230. Write to Ht.

21. Sa.Antonio, p. 5. Humorous Lieutenant, act 1: Claudian, 382. Sup at Reynolds's, w. Morton, Morris; C Kemble.

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June 22. Su.Antonio, revise. Claudian, Stilic. II, 278. Humorous Lieutenant, act 2. Dine at Lamb's, w. M, Fell & Gutch.

23. M.Claudian, 476. Malone's Dryden, p. 90. A Walker calls: sup at Fell's.

24. Tu.Parke, p. 118. S E breakfasts: S Cuxson & Jas Moore call: sup at M Robinson's, w. Fenwicks.

25. W.Claudian, Stilic. III: Parke, p. 230. Write to Harris. Robinson calls: M dines: Fell calls: M & S E sup.

26. Th.Humorous Lieutenant, acts 3 & 4. Call on Northcote: meet A W, Underwood, Henley, Reynolds & R Johnson: tea S E's, w. mrs Ketting: sup at Opie's, w. Tho. Woodhouse.

27. F.Claudian, Stilic. I: Humorous Lieutenant, act 5: Malone, p. 328. Fell calls: sup at S Elwes's.

28. Sa.Malone, p. 390: Claudian, Stilic. II, 207. Write to Ht & M. Call on Escher & Lawrence: S Elwes dines; adv. Fell. Walker calls.

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June 29. Su.Malone, p. 438. M, H G & L J dine; talk of Dyson: Holyhead coach, w. Coddington, ---- & (from Barnet) Newcome: sup at Redburn.[Not in London]

30. M. Breakfast at Northampton: dine at Litchfield: tea Stafford: sup at Chester.[Not in London]

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