William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for September 1796

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September

Sep. 1. Th.Essays, p. 69/2-73. Terence, acts 4/2, 5. Debrett's, Weld, Twentyman, Tarleton & R Adair: call on Stoddart. Cousin, p. 247, fin. chez elle,--

2. F.Essays, p.73-77. Terence, Eunuch, acts 1 & 2: D'Orleans, p. 274: Mogul Tale. dines.

3. Sa.Essays, p. 77, 78/2. Stoddart calls. Terence, acts 3 & 4: D'Orleans, p. 292. Theatre; Iron Chest; Wt, Hayes, Wardle, Wilcocke & Mooree. Call on miss Hayes.

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Sep. 4. Su.Essays, p. 78/2-81/2. Terence, act 5; Heautontimorumenos, act 1, 2/2: Life of Parsons, pp. 76. Ritson calls: meet Newton, w. Wt: dine at Ht's, w. Cole; adv. Ritson, Opie & H Richter.

5. M.Essays, p. 81/2-84. Terence, act 2/2, 3: Life of David, p. 58. Call on Inchbald. dines,--

6. Tu.Essays, p. 84, 85, 86/2. Terence, acts 4 & 5: David, p. 106, fin: Wt's Travels, p. 25. Call on Stoddart: Eton calls. chez elle,--

7. W.D'Orleans, p. 344. Dine at Reveley's: sup at Twiss's.

8. Th.Essays, p. 86/2, 87, 88. Terence, Adelphi, acts 1, 2. Barnes, Stoddart & W C Brown call: meet K Courtney. chez elle,--.

9. F.Essays, p. 89-94/2. D'Orleans, p. 364. Call on Northcote: Carlisle calls, n: tea Hayes's, w. Wt & Christal. chez moi,--.

10. Sa.Essays, p. 94/2, 95, 96. Terence, act 3, 4/2. D'Orleans, p. 392; Vol. III, p. 36. J G breakfasts: Barnes & Cooper call: Fenwick at tea. chez elle,--.

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Sep. 11. Su.Essays, p. 97, 98, 99/2. Terence, act 4/2: D'Orleans, p. 60. Jo G calls: meet Foulkes's & Plowden: dine at Newton's, w. Wt. chez moi,--

12. M.Terence, act 5. Cooper & Nicholson call: call, w. Cooper on Wt, Wignel & Wilcocke: M dines: Cooper from the Geo. & B Boar for Americae. chez elle,--.

13. Tu.Terence, Phormio, act 1: D'Orleans, p. 70. Call on Saunders, Clifford's Inn, & mr J Lawrence, w. Ht & Nicholson: Northcote, W C Brown & Wt dine: Stoddart calls, na.

14. W.Call on Carlisle nit, Lawrence na, & Inchbald w. Northcote, adv. C Moore: Debrett's, Barry, Este, Parry & Hastings: dine at Foulkes's, w. Hart, Hts & mes Kettle & Lloyd. D'Orleans, p. 90. chez elle,--.

15. Th.Essays, p. 99/2. Dyson calls: Wt dines: tea at Ilford; sleep,--e.[Not in London]

16. F. Breakfast at Barking: dine at Woodford. chez moi,--.[Not in London]

17. Sa.Essays, p. 100, 101/2. Wt, p. 117. Stoddart calls. chez //elle,--.

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Sep. 18. Su.Terence, act 2: Wt, p. 163. Dine at H Tooke['s,?] w. Bosville, Vaughan, Preston, Scotts, Winckelmann & Hardy.

19. M.Essays, p. 101/2-104/2. Terence, acts 3, 4, 5: Wt, p. 264, fin. M dines.

20. Tu.Essays, p. 104/2-107. Terence, Hecyra, acts 1, 2, 3: D'Orleans, p. 112. dines,--.

21. W.Essays, p. 107, 108. Terence, acts 4 & 5. Dine at Reveley's; adv. C King. chez elle,--.

22. Th.Essays, p. 109. Terc, Andria, acts 1 & 2: D'Orleans, p. 136. Call on Inchbald & Mansel. chez moi,--.

23. F.Essays, p. 110-113. Terence, Andria, acts 3, 4 & 5: D'Orleans, p. 166. Meet Butler vdm & Sharp: Stoddart calls. chez elle,--.

24. Sa.Essays, p. 113/2. Terence, Eunuchus, acts 1 & 2: D'Orleans, p. 220: Monk, p. 114. Fenwick & Otton call: call on Stoddart: Theatre, Isa; adv. Estee. chez moi,--.

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Lathrop, Pye, Spanky, Damiani, Polidori, Deocheda, Wilbraham, Fiévée, Carron, Busby, Dupré, Tassaret, Braham, Dubois, J Beccaria, Townsend Herd, Dawe, Johnson of Mile End, Flaxman, I Reed, Raphael Smith

1803

Shaw, Dallaway, la. Valentia, Eardley, Benjer, T Turner, Tatham, Cooke, T C Rickman

1804

Craven, Langridge, Upton, Plunket, Defries, Gruber, Hamilton père, Taylor, Soc. of Arts, Henry of Manchester, Bailey Turk, Volsey, Baxter, Cabel, Ash, Hawthore, Langshow, Hutchins, Young, Turner Mcbeth

1805

Hewit MD, Mulready, Flint, Almon, Beaufort, Carr, Medland, Edgworth, Harington, Dillon, W Belsham, Keys, Owenson

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Fox------------1796------------25J Fordyce
Sheridan------------1787------------6G Stuart
Tooke------------1792------------15J Logan
Parr------------1794------------19
5Mackintosh------------1792------------13Burke
Porson
Gerrald
-----------}1793{-----------18
16
Calonne
Erskine
Paine------------1791------------12Bentham
Merry------------1793------------17Cumberland
10Nicholson------------1786------------5Cowper
Northcote------------1796------------24
Opie------------1795------------23
Lawrence------------1794------------21
Clementi------------1788------------9
15Crosdil------------1789------------11
Wolcot------------1787------------7
Holcroft------------1786------------4
Priestley------------1785------------3
Fawcet------------1778------------1
20Dyson------------1788------------10
Radcliffe------------1794------------20
Inchbald------------1792------------14
Barbauld------------1781------------2
Williams-------------1787-------------8
25Siddons------------1795------------22

Reynolds, Hoppner, Smirke, Fitzpatrick, O'Connor, Kemble

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H Tooke born 5/6 July 1736—ten years in the church, 1760 to 1770

Sidney Montague for India, 1788—refuses 5 guineas of B M, & takes 5s—about 21

F V will have £5000 per annum. H T.

Fox repeated 101 odes of Horace travelling alone in a post chaise. L.

Burke inherits £300 per annum, obtained by his elder brother in the character of a discoverer. C.

Proposed to opposition in the Am. war to leave off going to church. Fox apud C.

£25 per night, Martindale to mrs Strutt or lady Bucks. F R.

Reynolds & yg Colman chums at Westr. F R.

M P Andrews, Lyttleton's Moloch, a letcherous old miser. M.

Lyttleton had mrs Robinson's premices. M.

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1773

Jocelyn, Jacob, F Webb, Rees, Kippis, Morgan, Gregson 1774 Evans

1777

Howe, Tho. Rogers, Price

1778

Bott, Lister, Corrie, Fawcet

1779

Fordyce, B. Vaughan, Worthington

1780

Munnings, White, Harmer

1781

Barbauld, F Norman

1782

S Vaughan, J Hollis, Ford

1783

Tim Hollis, Barry, Lindsey, Robinson, Cadel, Dodsley

1784

Bp Watson, G Stuart, W Thomson, Disney, B Hollis

1785

Webb, Priestley, Jebb,A Hamilton, Planta, Heywood, Campbel

1786

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Logan, Holcroft, Shield, Nicholson, Woodfal, Beaufoy

1787

Wilberforce, T H Browne, L R Spencer,Sheridan, Walwyn, dr White, Perry, Gray, Aickins,Murphy, Wolcot,Grey, Lambton, Corry, O Brien, Canning, Russel M E, Baddeley, Jonstone, Gordon, Bowden,H M Williams, S Rogers, G Gregory

1788

H Barry, J Adams, col Smith, Lofft, Wodhul, Romilly, Mellish, Shore, Tho Warton,

baron Fox, Marchetti, Grose, Mouradgea, Clementi, Raikes, Dyson, Moore,

Heath, Hewlet, Latter, Mercier, P Robinson, Baillie, Cruickshank, J Walker,Hoghton

1789

W J Adair, Jerningham, Piozzi, Thorkelin, Winckelmann, Mortimer, LisakowitzT TaylorPro,Geddes, J Bannister, Sterling, Gov. Ellis, Robertson, Russel Levt, Nagel, Crosdil, Zenobio

1790

Cadogan, Hoole, G Walker Notts, Rd Sharpe, Gram.,

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Frend, Paradise, Gillies, Dornford, Foster 1791

Nichols M P Nichols M P, mrs J Hunter, Dibbin, Petion, Paine, Wolstencraft

1792

Jardine, Stewart, Mackintosh, Barlow, Wolcot, J Taylorcc, Yaniewicz, Waller, Noel, Mergez, D Williams, Dirom, T Knight, Inchbald, Tooke, W Sharpeng, Blair

1793

Banks sc, Burney, C Burney, Wedgwoods, Sempil, Gawler, Rowan, RtKnight, Harwood, Thelwal, Seward, Goring, Gonzaga, Wharton, Crawford, A Scott, Hardinge,Frost, Gerrald, C Pigot, Macdonald nel,Merry, Glenie, M Reveley, Porson, Ritson, Muir, Duport, F Vaughan, Kearsley, Hewardine, Pope, R Johnson, Tresham, D

1794

Courtenay, Parr, T W Coke Wharton, T Thomson, Hall, Losh, Tweddel, Parsons F M, Nugent, Wakefield, Northmore, H Richter, Radcliffe, Bosville, Enfield, Gurneys, Beloe, Beloe, Wilde, Salomon, Bunbury,Hazlitt, Iliff, W Bird, B Craven, I H Williams, Dormers,

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Wharton,Gurney barr, Crisp, Knowles, T Twiss.Cline, Coleridge, Lawrence, Losh, Dyer

1795

E Williamsbard, T WalkerManch, King, Butler{,} Falkland, Aikin, Lauderdale, Middleton, Bernand,Wordsworth{,} Siddons, sir F Rogers, Este, Dealtry, Kinnaird, Lewis, Quick, Salines, Wray, G. Rogers, Davis, Anderson, Kaines{,} C Lameth, Staunton, Smirke, Henderson, Greatheed, B. Montagu, Gadagne, Booth, sir Rob Barclay, Dudley, Booth, dr Anderson{,} Macdonnel, Dahlberg, Jones, J G Godwin, Carlisle, Shee, Macdonnel. Williamson, Hanger, Speed, D Macpherson,Opie, Kentish, Adams junior, Perigord, General Marshal Tuthil 46

1796

Belzunce, Stoddart, Incledon,Northcote, RTwiss, mrs Cowley,mrs Robinson, Tarleton, Fox, Francis, Adam, Tierney, O'Byrne, Fitzpatrick, W Smith, Reynolds, mrs Mallocks, O'Connor, Weld, Burdet, Kemble, Moseley, Maurice, Hoppner, Derby, D North. Plowden, sir Jno Turner, R Adair, P Hoare, Dermody, Tho Harvey, Astleys, Fuseli, Bonnycastle, De Camp, Pratt, Warner

1797

Bamfylde, Matthew, Belfast, May, Fell, Southey, Parry, sir Robt Smyth, Carrington Smith, Bage, G Fordyce, Charlotte Smith,

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Chandler, Combe (Hor)

1798

Wilkinson, Arabin, Sturt, Monaco, Macguin, Holland, S Lee, H Lee, Townsend, Beddoes, Arnot, Grattan, Oxfords, Elliston, Pinkerton, Ant. Robinson, Malthus, Gunter Brown, E Kingsman, Pienne, E Sturt, O Fancourt, Dignum, S Paterson Eslic

1799

S Elwes, D Kingsman, Ingenhousz, Bruhl, lady Granard, Skeys, Caldwel, Cartwright (maj.), Oldfield, Curran, Ponsonby, Holman, Morris (secret), Hompesch, mrs Armstead, Davy, Harris, Morton, Henley, mrs Gardner C[ ]wn

1800

Bodden, Lamb, sir R Barclay, Dewar, Bourgeois, Porter, Munford, La. Moira, Granard, La. Mountcashel, Goold, Bushe, Burton, Fletcher, Macnally, Drennan, H. Hamilton, Doyley, Burroughs, Trotter, Kirwan, Daly, Whaley, M. Kelly, Pim, G Conway, Holmes, J C Walker, Lattin, Barrington, Dobbs, Moody, M Raine, Manng, Rickman

1801

Goldsmith, Smart, M J Clairmont, Hill, Lansdown, capt. James, Campbel Thos, Mavor, Richardson, Smith Philada, Peltier, Jeffries, Morthland, Plowdens

1802

T Moore, Wycombe, Martin of Galway, Irving

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No. VIII.

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Sep. 25. Su.Essays, p. 113/2, 114. Terence, Eunuchus, acts 3, 4, 5: Monk, p. 232; Vol. II, p. 109. Dine at Ht's, w. Stoddart. Jno G calls.

26. M.Essays, p. 115/2. Terence, Heautontimorumenos, acts 1 & 2: Monk, p. 167. Wt calls: M dines: tea E Mansel's, w. De Camp & C Kemble. chez elle,--.

27. Tu.Monk, p. 287; Vol. III, p. 107. dines; fievree. Parliament meetse.

28. W.Monk, p. 282. Write to N Pinkerton. J//Gn breakfasts: Ht, Wt, Stoddart & M call: tea M Hays's. chez elle,--

29. Th.Terence, Heaut., acts 3 & 4: Monk, p. 315, fin: Conduite de la Genlis, p. 32. Theatre, Wheel of Fortune; Wt, Rns, Tn & Columbinee. chez moi.

30. F.Genlis, p. 185. Mrs Jo G calls: chez moi; fievree.

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