William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for August 1810

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August

Aug. 1. W.Quixote, p. 180. Write to Upham, & Newton. Call on Russel: T T & Patrickson sup: Chater calls, & mrs Topping.

2. Th.Quixote, p. 242. Call on Raine: M J for Bishopsgate, w. Fe.

3. F.Write to M J. Quixote, p. 288. Call on Ellis, B Mm, & B Montagu: T T sups.

4. Sa.Write to M J; Arnot, Baker, Deck, Brodie, Sheppard & Robins. Call on Lackington & mrs Montagu: theatre, High Life in the Citye: Lockhart calls: T T sups.

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Aug. 5. Su.Quixote, Vol. III, p. 29. Dine at Hume, w. T T & C C; adv. mrs Thomson: T T , P P & Voisy sup; invité Flather: Lambs calln.

6. M.Write to Berry. T T & Flather call: V Ht breakfasts: A Boinville calls: call on E Reynolds: meet Perry: M J & F from Bishopsgatee: T T sups.

7. Tu.Quixote, p. 58. Lamb & T T call: E Fk sups.

8. W.Quixote, p. 74. Call on Smirke: T T, P P & R Taylor sup.

9. Th.Advancemt of Learning, p. 42. A & C Boinville dine: P Murphy calls: call on Lamb, w. M J, M & J: Robinson sups.

10. F.Bradley v. Kerr: P P calls: call on T T: do sups.

11. Sa.Mullet calls on M J: Guildhall; Cullen, Tabart, Phipps, Hannam, White, Letterman & Bensley: theatre, w. M J & T T, Doubtful Son, & Bombastese.

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Aug. 12. Su.Advancemt, p. 118. Smith calls.

13. M.Advancemt p. 128: Quixote, p. 107. Call on mrs Montagun: Kerr & Smith of Sun. Rev. call: call on E Fk: A Curran calls.

14. Tu.Chater calls: call of Phillips: dine at Hume’s, w. M J, M, J, W & T T. Quixote, p. 125.

15. W.Letter to Wedgwood. Call on mrs Montagu; adv. mrs Speed: Macmillan & Smith, S R, call: Fks sup.

16. Th.Advancemt, p. 152: Quixote, p. 147. T T & P P sup.

17. F.Advancemt p. 197. Call, w. T T, at A Curran’s Picturee: P P calls: E Fk sups. J Davis calls n.

18. Sa.Advancemt p. 234: Quixote, p. 167. Call on Montagu: T T, Flather & Jas Smith sup. meet H Robinson.

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Su. Aug. 19.Simmons, Milton, çala. Call, w. Jo G, on Chase: Jo G dines. Greece, çala.

M. 20.Examination of sir R P; adv. Cullen, Rivington, Bensley, Letterman, Bingham, Hannam, Phipps, White & Watkinsone: T T & Lamb sup: Flather calls.

21. Tu.Guildhall; Tabart, Cullen, Phipps, Hannam, Bingham, Parker, White, Harris, Rivington, Letterman & Kirkman; adv. Waldron: R Taylor & H Boinville call: meet Montagu. Call on Chater

22. W.Quixote, p. 209. Smith at tea: T T & Lb call.

23. Th.Camden, Annals, çala: Quixote, p. 234. Call on Lewis, Cullen & Orme: Flathers & Lamb call: T T sups.

24. F.Camden, p. 5: Quixote, p. 258. Call on Miles & Letterman: P P sups.

25. Sa.Write to Wedgwood. Quixote, p. 288. Flather, senr, calls: call on Tuthill: T T sups.

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Aug. 26. Su.Greece, çala: Quixote, Vol. IV, p. 21. M calls: J Johnson dines.

27. M.Greece, çala. Quixote, p. 45: Leicester’s Commonwealth, p. 23. Orme & Phipps call: meet Lamb: Tuthill calls: Flather, E F & T T sup.

28. Tu.Leicester, p. 44: Quixote, 57: Camden, çala. T T calls, & mrs Topping: call on Creed.

29. W.Greece, p. 53/2-56. Leicester, p. 100. Meet W Wilson: Lockhart calls: Hopwood & son sup.

30. Th.Greece, p. 59/2. Leicester, p. 140. Aldis calls: tea Hampstead, w. E Fk, M J & 5.

31. F.Greece, p. 63. T T & H Robinson sup: N G calls.

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