William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for February 1820

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February

Feb. 1. Tu.King & No King, act 3: Coxe, Walpole, çala.

2. W.Tasso: Metastasio, on do. Seek Gooch: Irving & T T call: Snow sups. King & No Kings, acts 4 & 5.

3. Th.Write to Curtis. Tasso, st. 41. Call on Banksn: dine at T T’s, w. M J & W; adv. A Boinville, L Lamb & M Lamb.

4. T.Tasso, st. 61: Scornful Lady, act 1. Banks calls: T Rodd’s. Write to Booth.

5. Sa.Tasso, st. 90: Scornful Lady, act 2. Call on Northcote: R B at tea: E White calls.

Dep. e.217, fol. 24v
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Feb. 6. Su.Tasso, C. II, st. 21: Galateo, p. 36: Plutarch, 1/2 Treatise X: Scornful Lady, acts 3, 4, 5. Call on Botwright.

7. M.Malthus, 1 1/2 pp. Tasso, st. 41. Call on Inchbaldn: & Hume: dine at Banks’s; adv. W.

8. Tu.Malthus, 1 1/2 pp. Write to Hall, Dartford. Tasso, st. 65. Banks calls: Botwright at tea.

9. W.Malthus, 2 1/2 pp. Tasso, st. 83: Galateo, p. 40. M & T T call.

10. Th.Malthus, 2 1/2 pp. Tasso, st. 97: Ipomydon: Valentinian, act 1.

11. F.Malthus, revise. Write to E Inchbald. Tasso, C. III, st. 30: Valentinian, act 2, 3. Devey calls: T Ht sups.

12. Sa.Malthus, revise. Write to mrs Beresford. Tasso, st. 53. Botwright at tea.

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Feb. 13. Su.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 76: Lusiad, C. I. Turners, H Boinville, W Irving & Mulready dine; adv. L & D Lamb. Berri assassinatede .

14. M.Tasso, C. IV, st. 21: Lusiad, C. II: Par. Regd, B. I. Lubés call: meet Banks.

15. Tu.Malthus, 1/2 page. Conceive an Essay on Paradise Regained. Tasso, st. 52. T T calls: T Rodd’s.

16. W.Tasso, st. 74: Par. Regd, B. II, III: Huarte, p. 32. C Lloyd au soir.

17. Th.Tasso, st. 96. Theatre, Braham, 1/2 acte: G D & W Lubé sup. N G calls.

18. F.Tasso, C. V, st. 15: Huarte, p. 68. Jas Miller (L Webb Sr) calls: Botwright at tea.

19. Sa.Write to Hall, Dartford. Tasso, st. 43. Call on Taylor, Bury Court: T Ht sups.

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Feb. 20. Su.Malthus, 2 pp: Milton, p. 1. Tasso, st. 71: Par. Regd, B. IV.

21. M.Tasso, st. 92: Boccaccio, p. 8. Call on Booth, & J Taylor, Bury Court. adv. miss Clennel.

22. Tu.Tasso, C. VI, st. 26. S J Banks’s; adv. Gawler: Museum; seek Cantzlaer & Le Clerce: theatre, Coriolanuse.

23. W.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 47: Journey to Lisbon, p. 94. Call on A Taylor. Thistlewood’s Treasone.

24. Th.Nervouse. Tasso, st. 70: Lisbon, p. 246, fin. Theatre, 1/2 Antiquary; adv. Talforde. R Taylor calls.

25. F.Malthus, 2 pp. Tasso, st. 92. M calls: tea at Lamb’s, w. M Burney. Call on Taylor, Sun.

26. Sa.Tasso, st. 114: Boccaccio, p. 12. Call on Macgowan: Mulready at tea.

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Feb. 27. Su.Malthus, revise. Tasso, C. VII, st. 22: Boccaccio, p. 6. Booth dines (& w. Bentham)e.

28. M.Tasso, st. 51. Booth breakfasts; adv. Lamb: M calls: call on Tottie: seek Globe Theatre: H Robinson, après souper.

29. Tu.Malthus, 1 1/2 pp. Tasso, st. 75. Lamb calls: call on Snow & R Valpy. Dissolutione.

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