June

June 1 . F.Write 7 1/2 pages.

2. Sa.Write 4 1/2 pages. Dine at B. Hollis's, with Disney, Dodson, Towers, Rutt & Beauséjour. Holcroft au soir.

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June 3. Su.Write 4 pages, on Obedience, &c. Dine at Holcroft's: Pinard au soir. Douglas, act 2.

4. M.Write 2 pages, on Promises, &c: revise. M^rs Cooper dines.

5. Tu.Revise. Dyson calls, talk of force & the virtue of fools. Sup at miss Godwin's, talk of justice & speaking truth. J Cooper bound^e.

6. W.Revise. Sup at J Hollis, with d^r Lister, talk of the social contract, obedience & justice. Holcroft & Shield call.

7. Th.Indisposed^e. Douglas, act 3. Sup at Holcroft's.

8. F.ditto^e. Douglas, act 4: Lettres sur les Animaux, 168 pages: History of a Creole, 116 pages. Write 1 page.

9. Sa.Finish Douglas, Animaux & Creole.

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June 10. Su.Write 1 page. Read De L'Homme, 79 pages. Dine at Holcroft's, talk of Burke & Paine, & of property: adv. Dyson. Read Parr's Irenopolis, & Paine's Letter to Dundas

11. M.Write 4 pages. Dine at B. Hollis's, with Priestley & Lindsey: the former a republican, lend himAnna St Ives^e. J Hollis calls.

12. Th.Write 3 pages: revise. Sup at Nicholson's{,} talk of obedience, delegation, secrecy & abstraction. Read the Political Dialogue.

13. W.Write 3 pages, on obedience: revise. Wolstencraft, 169 pages. Continual Rain.

14. Th.Write 2 pages, on associations. Call on dr Lister, J Hollis & Holcroft, nah. Wolstencraft, 148 pages.

15. F.Revise. Dine at Free Mason's Tavern, with Erskine, Mackintosh, Thomson, Dunbar, S. Rogers, Stone, &c. Read Wyvil, 42 pages.

16. Sa.Revise un peu. Helvetius, 31 pages: Eloise, Vol. 4., 56 pages; Vol. 5., 74 pages: Finish Wyvil.

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June 17. Su.Revise. Eloise, 14 pages. Dine at Holcroft's, talk of sincerity & parties. Hot weather.

18. M.Write 7 pages, on sincerity: revise. Eloise, 18 pages: Helvetius, 19. Holcroft at tea, talks to C. of the classics, &c.

19. Tu.Write 2 1/2 pages, on worldly prosperity. Eloise, 30 pages. Sup at Holcroft's, talk of prosperity. Cold. D^r Lister calls.

20. W.Revise: write 2 pages. Eloise, 32 pages. Talk with C. of Leon & Benedick.

21. Th.Dyson calls, talk of necessity, abstractions & beauty. Read Price, 21 pages: Eloise, 22: Country Girl. Holcroft at tea, reads Benedick.

22. F.Revise. Dine at Holcroft's, with M^r and M^rs Kemble: T.C. at tea. Read the Agreeable Surprise.

23. Sa.Write 4 pages, on Self love: revise. Read Collins on Human Liberty, & Priestley: Eloise, 10 pages.

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June 24. Su.Write pages. Dine at Holcroft's: sup with him at Nicholson's, talk of self love. Eloise, 42 pages.

25. M.Write pages. Eloise, 74 pages.

26. Tu.Write 6 pages, on animal motion. Sup at Holcroft's with Dyson, talk of animal motion & chastisement.

27. W.Write 3 pages. Holcroft reads.

28. Th.Rewrite 5 1/2 pages, of animal motion. Read Hume on causation, &c., 22 pages.

29. F.Rewrite & write 6 1/2 pages. Read Watson on Time, 80 pages: Eloise, 132 pages.

30. Sa.Write 2 1/2 pages. Watson on Time, 20 pages: Finish Eloise after 2 years reading, 54 pages: Begin d^o, 19 pages: Burke on Oeconomy, 14 pages. Holcroft au soir.

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