September

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Sep. 1. Su.Write p. 58, 59/2. Horace, Odes I, 16, 17, 19, 22, 30, 33; IV, 1, 10: Systême, p. 44: Scapin, act 1. Dine at Holcroft’s: call with him on Frost. J G breakfasts.

2. M. Write p. 59/2, 60/2. Horace, Odes II, 5, 8; III, 10, 11, 15, 28; IV, 13: St Ives, Vol. III, p. 240: finish Scapin. Call on Inchbald; & Lister, nah.

3. Tu. Thelwal & Holcroft call. Battle of Barnet: Systême, p. 54: St Ives, Vol. IV, p. 239: Dandin, act 1.

4. W.Horace, Ode III, 17: La Fontaine, contes 8, 9, 10: St V Ives, Vol. V, p. 50: Peripatetic, p. 83. Lister calls: sup at Nicholson’s, talk of anarchy & God.

5. Th.Horace, Odes IV, 11; V, 11, 14, 15: Peripatetic, p. 120: finish Dandin. Smith & Gerald call: dine at Jennings’s, with Gerald: call on Inchbald.

6. F.Horace, Odes I, 11; II, 4; III, 7, 12, 20, 23: Wife of Bath: St Ives, Vol. V, p. 120. Smith calls. Fawcet dines, talk of poetry & God.

7. Sa. Horace, Odes V, 8, 12, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18: Systême, p. 76: St Ives, p. 237; Vol. VI, p. 120. Smith calls, talk of property & Xty: Stuart calls, talk of anarchy.

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Sep. 8. Su.Horace: Systême, p. 96. Masters calls, talk of rustication. Dine at Holcroft’s: adv. Jardine.

9. M.Day of Reckoning. Thelwal dines, talk of duties, marriage, &c: Smith at tea. Sup at miss G’s, with mrs C.

10. Tu.Call on Robinson ex parte Th.: call on Davis: seek col. Barry: sup at Holcr^ts. Systême, p. 128: St Ives, p. 234; Vol. VII, p. 65.

11. W.Write p. 60/2, 61. Horace: Systême, p. 140: finish St Ives 260. Holcroft, M^rs C. & Dyson at tea. (I, 14; II, 1, 7: V, 4, 7, 16)

12. Th.Write p. 62/2. Horace, Odes V, 1, 9: La Fontaine, contes 11, 12: Simple Story, p. 64. Old Bailey: sup in Winc. Street.

13. F.Horace, Odes I, 2, 6, 12, 37; III, 6: Simple Story, p. 233; Vol. III, p. 253: Clevel^d, p. 38.

14. Sa.Write p. 62/2, 63. Horace, Odes I, 1, 3, 4, 7: Simple Story, Vol. III, p. 159: Cleveland, p. 62. Dyson at tea

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Sep. 15. Su.Horace, Odes I, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20: Simple Story, p. 209. Smith calls, talk of reform. Dine at Perry’s, with Holcroft.

16. M.Simple Story, Vol. IV, p. 157: Clevel^d p. 127. Call on Inchbald, talk of marriage. Holcroft & Jardine at tea.

17. Tu.Horace, Odes I, 21, 24, 26. Dine at Fawcet’s; sleep.

18. W.Call on Priestley, nah: Dyson calls. La Fontaine, contes 13-18: Cleveland, p. 164: Dryden, Honoria: Systême, p. 168.

19. Th.Horace, Odes I, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35: Systême, p. 200: La Fontaine, contes 18, 19: Psyché, acte 1. Call on Jardine, Lister, Thelwal & Dyson, all nah. Natural Society.

20. F. Write 14 verses. Horace, Odes I, 36, 38; II, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10: Systême, p. 214: Bolingbroke, P W., p. 24: Dryden, Cymon: Psyché, acts 2 & 3. Holcroft at tea.

21. Sa.Horace, II, 11-16: Systême, p. 240: finish Psyché: Femmes Savantes, act 1: Stuart & Lister call: tea Reveley’s, with Jardine, Sinclair & mrs Jennings.

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Sep. 22. Su. Horace, Odes II, 16, 17, 18: La Fontaine, contes 20, 21. Smith breakfasts, talk of necessity & design: Jennings & Sinclair call, talk of //sciences: dine at Holcrofts, with Perry, Gray, Shield, Cole; adv. Jardine

23. M.Systême, p. 274: finish Femmes Savantes: Pourceaugnac, act 1. Otton, Jardine& Reveley call Marshal call: Reveley at tea.

24. Tu.Medite. Horace, Odes II, 19, 20 ; III, 1, 2, 3: Systeme, p. 282. Dine at Jardine’s, with Glenie: tea Jennings’s, with Jardine. Reveleys & Sinclair, talk of sciences.

25. W.Horace, Odes III, 4, 5: Systême, p. 313: finish Pourceaugnac: Pol. Justice, p. 687-727. Miss Cooper calls: call on Inchbald.

26. Th.Horace; Odes III, 8, 13, 14, 16: Systême, p. 336: Pol. Justice, B. IV, ch. 5: La Fontaine, contes II, 1-5. Marshal dines: Reveleys at tea.

27. F. Write p. 64, 65. Horace, Odes III, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24: Systeme, p. 361: . J., B. IV, ch. 7: Jane Shore, 3 acts. Tea at Reveley’s, with Jennings’s, Stuart & Sinclair.

28. Sa.Write p. 66. Horace, Odes III, 25, 29, 30; IV, 2: Amorous Cynic, 2 acts. Holcroft calls: Gerald & Hudson d^o: dine at Holcroft’s: tea with him at Thelwal’s.

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Sep. 29. Su.Horace, Odes IV, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: Systême, p. 381: finish Amorous Cynic. Write to Fox. Smith calls. talk of religion. Dine at Shield’s, w. Holcroft, Perry, Gray & Gordon.

30. M.Write p. 67, 68, 69/2. Horace, Odes IV, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15: Systême, p. 397: David Simple, p. 21: Jane Shore, acts 4 & 5. Miss Cooper dines.