December

Dec. 1. Sa.Write 5 pages. Call on Robinson, nit. See Columbus^e: sup at Holcroft's: see OKeeffe.

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Dec. 2. Su.Write 5 pages. John Godwin calls. Dine at Holcroft's, with Fenwick. Stuart au soir, talk of necessity.

3. M.Write 8 pages. Fenwick calls: Masters dines, talk of pain. Call on Nicholson.

4. Tu.Revise. Thucydides, 8 pages.

5. W.Go to Guildhal^e. Revise. Marriage à la mode, & Duenna, 2 acts.

6. Th.Write 3 pages: revise. Duenna, act 3: Thucydides, 30 pages. Sup at Holcroft's, coercion.

7. F.Fruitless effort. Write 3 pages. Thucydides, 10 pages. Abr. Dyson calls. Sup with miss Godwin.

8. Sa.Revise. Jardine at tea. Sup at Nicholson's, talk of abstraction. Hear from M^rs Inchbald.

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Dec. 9. Su.Revise. Dine at Holcroft's: adv. Mercier & Pinard, talk of morale.

10. M.Call on Robinson & Davis, nit. Revise.Holcroft on coercion: call on Nicholson, d^o. Holcroft at tea.

11. Tu.Revise. Book VIII, 4 pages. Opinion of Vaughan.

12. W. Write 8 pages. Ogilvie, 20 pages: Mably, sur l'Ordre Naturel, 22 pages. Call on M^rs Inchbald. Holcroft at tea.

13. Th.Write 7 pages. Mably, 13 pages. Jardin{e} calls.

14. F.Write 8 pages. Blair calls, talk of revolutions & Helvetius. Mably, 27 pages: Hume on Refinement, 12 pages.

15. Sa. Call on Robinson. Write 1/2 page. Dyson dines. Tea at Jardine's, with Fenwick, Holcroft & Nicholson, talk of punishm^t, division of labour & cooperation.

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Dec. 16. Su.Write 4 pages. Dine at Holcroft's, with Merget: adv. Belmano & Dyson: Mably, 22 pages.

17. M.Write 4 1/2 pages. Mably, 34 pages. Holcroft at tea: sup at Holcroft's. Write my proposals to Robinson.

18. Tu.Paine's trial. Call on M^rs Inchbald, talk of Erskine, France & promises.

19. W.Write 6 pages. Holcroft & Jardine at tea.

20. Th.Write 10 pages. Holcroft at tea.

21. F.Write 7 pages. School for Scandal, acts 4 & 5. Leroux calls; agreement^e.

22. Sa.Write 5 pages. Thucydides, 8 pages. Holcroft at tea.

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Dec. 23. Su.Write 3 pages. Dine at H. Tooke's, with Sharpe engraver, & Jardine, talk of ideas & revolutions. Frost, 2 days.

24. M.Call on Robinson. Buy furniture^e. Dine at B Hollis's, with Paradise, Birch & Stephens. Call on Nicholson.

25. Tu.Write 3 pages. Dine at Holcroft's. Sup at Nicholson's, revise Book VIII avec lui.

26. W.Go to Somers Town^e. Holcroft at tea, Jardine après.

27. Th.Remove. Permit, No. 4, Cavendish St^e.

28. F.Revise un peu. Arrangements^e.

29. Sa.Revise: Write 1 page.

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Dec. 30. Su.Revise: write 2 1/2 pages. Dine at Holcroft's. Tea Paradise's, with Dornford, Gillies, B. Hollis, miss Bosville's, &c.

31. M.Call on Robinson & Kearsley. Revise.