William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for June 1796

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June

June 1. W.Virgo Unmasked, p. 84. Call on Inchbald; adv. Whitefield: Hustings; Tooke, col Barry, Blake, White, Ward, F Vaughan, Richter, &ce: Theatree: sup at mrs Robinson's, w. Wolstencraft & Twiss.

2. Th.Wolstencraft's Comedy. Allen calls: call on Wolstencraft n: dine at Northcote's, w. Hoare, Williams & Ne junr: call on A A.

3. F.Milton's Prose, çala. Allen & Smith, Fraser & Otton calls: call on Hayes.

4. Sa.Theodore Cyphon. Call on Inchbald: Theatre, High Life below Stairse.

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June 5. Su.M Moore calls, talk of massacre: call on E Mansel (adv. Price), A A (adv. Staley), & Hayes, w. A A: dine at Ht's, adv. Ritson: sup at mrs Robinson's.

6. M.Virgin, p. 159. Smith & Younger breakfast: call on Perry: Hustings w. A A; Cline, Knowles, Robinson, &ce: Ashe's Concert, H Sq; adv. J Taylor, Ht, A A, &c.e

7. Tu.Write 1 1/2 pages. Virgil, Geo. II, 258: Mounier, p. 8. Call on Fenwick dines: Wodsworth & Pinney call: sup, w. W., at Montagu's.

8. W.Write 2 1/2 pages. Virgil, 542: Mounier, p. 37: Virgin, p. 237, fin. Call on Wolstencraft n, & Twiss n. Otton calls. Call on Reveley n.

9. Th.Ovid, Met. I, 415: Coriolanus, act 1. Tea Hayes's, w. Wolstencraft, A A, Brown, Tookes & Hayes's: Smith bs.

10. F.Virgil, Geo. III, 173: Coriolanus, fin. Merry, Fawcet, Dealtry & White call: tea Wolstencraft's.

11. Sa.Virgil, 383: Ovid, 779; II, 400: Antony, acts 1 & 2. Hustings; Weld, Cline & Merrye: Theatre, Deaf Lovere.

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June 12. Su.Virgil, 566: Ovid, 710. Smith bs: Ritson & Jno G call: dine at Ht's, w. Harwoods, Sharp, Barry & A A; adv. Ritson & H Richter.

13. M.Virgil, Geo. IV, 227: Télémaque, p. 13. Meet Richter, D'Espard & Merry: call on Inchbald, w. My: dine at Dealtry's, w. Mackintosh, Merry, White's, Wells, Este, Twentyman & G Moore.

14. Tu.Virgil, 556, fin: Ovid, 875; III, 510. Call on Hayes, Opie, & mrs Robinson n: sup at Nicholson's; talk of the poor.

15. W.Ovid, 733; IV, 275. Call on Wolcot n, Ht, Inchbald, Montagu, & mrs Robinson nit: mt mrs Reveley: Smith bs.

16. Th.Virgil, Geo. I: Ovid, 388: Télémaque, p. 36. Dine at Opie's: tea Wolstencraft's, w. miss Christal.

17. F.Virgil, Geo. II, 258: Télémaque, p. 65. Meet Ja. Moore: sup at Twiss's, w. Jer. Taylor.

18. Sa.Virgil, 542: Ovid, 620: Télémaque, p. 88. Meet Tobin: call, w. him, on Montagu; adv. Stoddart & Wordsworth: call on Hayes n: sup at Wt's.

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June 19. Su.The Modern Arria. Smith, Jamieson & Fell breakfast: dine at H Tooke's, w. Tooke, Bonney, Williams, Tomkins, 3 Clarkes & Montagu: sup at Montagu's, w. Wordsworth & Stoddart.

20. M.Ovid, 803: Benincasa, p. 84: Télémaque, p. 107. M dines: call on Stoddart; adv. Matthews.

21. Tu.Télémaque, p. 120. Smith breakfasts: Younger & Allen call: Opera; Antigonae: Wt calls n.

22. W.Virgil, Geo. III, 137: Call on Robinson, King, Porson, Stoddart, Davis & Wt: dine at Ms: sup at the Coal-hole, w. Smith, Younger, Fenwick, M[l?] & Kennedy.

23. Th.Virgil, 566: Dunlap's Archers. Fenwick dines: call on Hayes.

24. F.Benincasa, p. 157. Day Wt; call on Inchbald; go to the Orleans Gallery, adv. Nicholsone.

25. Sa.Pol. Justice, p. 95: Virgil, Geo. IV: Juvenal, VIII, 186: Benincasa, p. 105, fin. Meet Carr & Burrel: call on Stoddart; adv. Allen, Wordswth & Tobin.

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June 26. Su.Pol. Justice, p. 110: Juvenal, 275. Dine at Ht's, w. Merry & Dermody: T Fenwick & Jno G call.

27. M.Juvenal, Sat. X: Ovid, Lib. V, 250. Call on Lawrence{:} meet Foot: dine at M's: Telegraph; Merry, Este, Robinson, Chalmers & Beaumont: call on Hayes.

28. Tu.Pol. Justice, p. 143: Juvenal, Sat. XI. Call on Northcote, A A & Stoddart (adv. Dibdin): dine at Hts; adv. Beaumont: sup at Wt's; adv. Twiss: Barnes calls.

29. W.Pol. Justice, p. 195: Juvenal, Sat. XII. Dine at Reveley's: sup at Twiss's.

30. Th.Pol. Justice, p. 224: Juvenal, Sat. XIV, 264. Wt at tea: Younger & J Brown call.

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