William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for December 1811

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December

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Dec. 1. Su.Rainbow, çala. E Fk & A Curran call: Burr & H Hopwood dine

2. M.Rainbow, çala. Call on Hume: A Curran & Lovet at tea: Lecture, w. A C, Lovet, Burr, M J, F & J; A C & Lovet supe.

3. Tu.Write to Taylor, Norwich. Call on Lambert & Place: R T calls: call on Cobbet; adv. Walker & Wood.

4. W.Cervantes, Marriage Trompeur, pp. 35. Call on R Taylor.

5. Th.Cid, p. 143: Cervantes, p. 118. Call on R Sharp, Tipper, Black & Parry, & Jo G: Lecture, w. H H, F & J; adv. Miller A S, Boaden, &ce: H R calls.

6. F.Cid, p. 150: Cervantes, p. 206. Burr, & Jo & N G <G> call.

7. Sa.Cid, p. 162. Call on Hume; adv. Jo Fawcet: Burr calls: theatre, Pizarro, w. M J & We. Murder of Marre.

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Dec. 8. Su.Bayle, art. Averroes: James I, çala. A Curran & H Hopwood dine; adv. Burr: W G calls.

9. M.Mariana, çala: Old English Baron, p. 26: Oronooko, p. 18: Coleridge’s Lecture, w. H H, F & Je. Lovet calls: call on Hume.

10. Tu.Riposo, p. 1. Mariana, Lib. XI, c. 1-7: Cardonne, çala.

11. W.Write to Hill & A Robinson. Marmol, çala: Oronooko, p. 42.

12. Th.Rainbow, çala. Call on Place: Jas Smith calls: Waller at tea; adv. Burr: Lecture, w. H H, F, J & W; adv. O Brien, mrs Flaxman, &ce.

13. F.Write to Patrickson. Spain, çala: Cid, p. 180. Fk calls: E Fk at tea.

14. Sa.Mariana, &c, çala. T T calls: theatre, w. M J, Coriolanuse.

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Dec. 15. Su.Mariana, c. 8-13: Homme de Qualité, p. 100. Write to Patrickson. Call on B Montagu: E Fk dines: H R sups.

16. M.Mariana, c. 15: Laborde, çala. Call on Lyon & Hume: Lecture, w. H H, F & J; adv. R Sharp, O’Brien, &ce.

17. Tu.Legend, p. 2/2. Homme de Qualite, p. 146. Leigh & Horsey call: call on R Taylor.

18. W.Legend, 2 pp. Cid, p. 194: H. de Qualité, p. 172. Call on Morgan (R C L), Fauldern & Cobbet; adv. Margrove & Walker.

19. Th.Legend, 1 p. Cid, p. 228. M dines: Lecture, w. H H; adv. miss Benjer, O’Brien, &ce: M W G in Skinner Streete. Murder of Williamsone.

20. F.Write to ye Master of Xt’s, Faulder & Montagu. Cid, p. 244. Theatre, w. M J, F, M, J & W, Winter’s Tale; adv. Collierse.

21. Sa.Cid, p. 264. Call on Place & Macmillan: Burr & A Curran dine; adv. E Fk.

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Dec. 22. Su.Cid, p. 325: Homme de Qualité, p. 259.

23. M.Granada, p. 365: H. de Qualité, T. II, p. 52. Wardmote; adv. Quin & Sir C Price: Ferris & W C Brownn call: call on Hume; adv. Liston: Burr at tea.

24. Tu.Bourke, History of Moors, p. 145: H. de Qualité, p. 103. Faulder & Graves call.

25. W.Bourke, p. 181. Dine at Hume’s, w. Thomsons, Listons, Wingfields, Hazlit, miss Tyrer & M J; adv. Darmany.

26. Th.Bourke, p. 214. Call on Curtis & Hume: seek Tipper, Gold & Murray: Rodd aux fillese. Homme de Qualité, p. 160. Williams (Murphy) dies.

27. F.Bourke, p. 246. Call on Murray, Gold & Rousseaun. Write to Miller, Hardinge & M.

28. Sa.Granada, Vol. II, p. 54: Bourke, p. 284, fin: H. de Qualité, p. 200. Rousseau calls.

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Dec. 29. Su.Cid, p. 366, fin: Homme de Qualité, p. 225. Poole at tea; adv. H Robinson.

30. M.Homme de Qualité, T. III, p. 58. Call on Tipper, Jas White, Knowles & Wardn: Ward & Fk call: Lecture, w. F, M & J; adv. Mocatta & E F, O, &ce. Write to Jonathan Raine.

31. Tu.Write to Davy, Newton & Arnot. R Taylor calls: Listons, Humes, Aldises, Darmany, miss Tyrer, & miss Flower, & H Hopwood dine.

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