William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for November 1793

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November

2. F.eWrite p. 4-8. Juvenal VI, 600: Marguerite, Vol. III, p. 40. Call on mrs Reveley: sup at Jennings’s, with Reveley.

3. Sa.eWrite p. 8. Juvenal VI, ad fin.: Marguerite, p. 90. Call on Inchbald: sup at Nicholson’s, talk of optimism. Desmond, 40 pages. Holcroft & miss Cooper at tea.

Nov. 4. Su.eJuvenal, VI, 80. J Godwin & Smith breakfast, talk of asleep: Dyson calls. Dine at Holcroft’s: sup w. him at Perry’s; adv. Gordon & Barnes

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5. M.e Write 1/2 page. Systême, p. 264: Marguerite, p. 130. Holcroft at tea, critique C. W.

6. Tu.eJuvenal VI, 134: Systême, p. 283: Marguerite, p. 170. Franks calls: tea at Reveley’s, with Holcroft’s & Jennings.

7. W.eJuvenal, IV, 243: Marguerite, p. 188. Ritson calls: dine at Marshal’s: Fenwick at supper. see H.’s father.

8. Th.eThelwal & Stewart call: Thelwal dines: tea, &c., Jennings’s, with Folkes, mrs Reveley & miss Mackenzie.

9. F. eMoore’s Journal, p. 236: Life of Foley, p. 145. Dine at Reveley’s, with Jennings’s

10. Sa.eMoore, p. 338. Call on Mackintosh, nah; & Inchbald, talk of Sheridan; adv. Robinson. Dyson dines.

Nov. 11. Su. eFinish Moore, p. 502. Smith breakfasts, Geometry: Dine at Holcroft’s, w. Thelwal; adv. Dyson: tea Perry’s, w. Holcroft, Porson, Calland, Davies & Wateridge.

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12. M.eCall on Ritson, talk of revolutions & national education. Bentham on Govt, p. 123 : Systeme, p. // 291: finish Peripatetic, Vol. II.

13. Tu.eJuvenal VI, 384: Bentham, p. 162. Dine at Holcroft’s, with Dupont, Reveleys, Jenningss & Thelwal.

14. W.eJuvenal. VI, 455: Bentham, p. 195: Gallery of Portraits, 50 pp. Call on Gray; Porson, talk of decency & property; & mrs Reveley: sup at Holcroft’s, w. Dyson. C. in towne

15. Th.eJuvenal VI, ad fin: Bentham, preface{.} Holcroft & Fawcet call: dine at Holcroft’s, w. Cooper: Play, Siege of Berwicke.

16. F.eJuvenal, VI, 300: Systême, p. 304. Call on Inchbald; & Barry, nah: Dyson at tea: sup at Reveley’s.

17. Sa.eJuvenal VI ad fin: Rabaut, p. 110. Cooper, J. & N. Godwin dine.

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Nov. 17. Su.Juvenal VII, 40. Smith breakfasts: Cooper for Wighte. Dine at Holcroft’s; adv. Stephen, Reveleys & Dyson.

18. M. Juvenal VII, 105: Burke at Bristol, p. 44. Evening, J Hollis’s, talk of atheism.

19. Tu.Burke, p. 66, ad fin. Ritson calls: dine at Jennings’s, w. Holcrofts, Reveleys, Folkes, Cooke, Paterson & miss Mackenzie; adv. Stewart.

20. W.Turgot, sur les Grains, p. 38: Condorcet, Vie de Turgot: p. 56. Sup at Nicholson’s. Write p. 9, 10/2. Godwins at tea; N. for Norfke.

21. Th.Write p. 10/2, 11. Condorcet, p. 170-204. Call on Ritson, talk of matter & mind: sup at Reveley’s, with Holcroft.

22. F.Bentham on Usury, p. 128. Call on Kearsley, talk of the morality of talents, & of necessity: Dyson at tea; adv. Fenwick. Thelwal calls, nah.

23. Sa. Finish Bentham: Calonne sur les Grains: N. A. R., 1791, p. 40. Play, World in a Village, w. Holcroft & mrs Inchbald : see Reynoldse . Read mrs D’Arblay.

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Nov. 24. Su.Smith breakfasts: Kearsley calls, talk of poetry. N. A. R., p. 80. Dine at Holcrts; adv. Stephen & mrs Jennings: sup at Perry’s, w. Porson, Barnes, Gordon, Gillies, Calld & Holcrofts.

25. M.Miss Cooper breakfasts. Call on col. Barry, nah, & Lister: dine at Thelwal’s, talk of duty & abstraction: sup at Reveley’s, talk of Moses.

26. T. Condorcet, p. 204-234: Burke to a Member of N. A.: Turgot au dr Price: N. A. R. p. 118. Sup at Jennings’s.

27. W.Systême, p. 393: Epicaris, p. 120.

28. Th.Systême, p. 434: Epicaris, p. 176, ad fin.: Jacqueline le B., p. 60. Call on Inchbald: sup at Reveley’s, K’s ms. Juvenal VII, 151.

29. F.Juvenal VII, 206: Systême, p. 454, ad fin.: Stuart’s Reformation, p. 132. J Hollis calls

30. Sa.Juvenal, VII, ad fin.: Hume on Morals, p. 58: Stuart, p. 178. Holcroft calls. Sup at Wrights, with Holcroft, Porson, Hewardine, Pope, Dignum, Johnstone, Perry, Gordon, Dignum, Johnstone, Bell, Barnes, Gillies, Stow & Tanner.

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