William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for July 1805

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July

July 1. M. England, revise. Me Prevôt at tea: call on Ellisn.

2. Tu. Fables, revise. Mulready & Dawe call.

3. W. Advertisemente. Call on Hodgkins, Northcote (adv. Prado) & Lambn.

4. Th. Barclay, &c. Hazlit calls: call on mrs Rowan, for M J: Dawe sups. Write to C Smith.

5. F. Write to Darton. Call on J & Jo G, & Philips nit, & Keir: Mulready calls: Dawes sup. meet Wroughton.

6. Sa. Mrs Rowan & Mulready call.

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July 7. Su.McMillan & Jo G call: call on Nicholson: dine at mrs Rowan’s, w. Northcote & M J. Cowley, Plantarum, vs. 200.

8. M. Youthful Worthies, & Jane Grey, çala. Call on Dawe, for M J. Sidmouth resignse.

9. Tu. Cowley, vs. 200: Milton, çala. Turner, Mulready & 3 Dawes, tea & supper; adv. Dadley.

10. W. Call on Dawe, w. M J: meet Boaden, Hawthorns & Wakes. T Wedgwood dies

11. Th. Love’s Riddle, acts 1 & 2. Call on Ellis & Planta: meet Shaw: call on Dawe, for M J : me Prevost calls: C C

12. F. Call on Jo G; adv. Jno Smith: sup at mrs Rowan’s, w. M J. Prorogatione.

13. Sa.Write to Planta. Call on Dawe, for M J.

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July 14. Su. 5 Rowans at tea.

15. M. Cowley, vs. 297. Call on Jo G: Dawes, Mulready & Turner at tea: Kentish Town, w. them; adv. Dawe senr & V Ht: Northcote calls n.

16. Tu. Cowley, p. 2. Call on Hodgkins: mes Carlisle, White & Sloper, & Mulready at tea; adv. Turner. (Mulready narrative.)

17. W. Cowley, çala. Dine at Johnson’s, w. Fuseli, Bonnycastle, John Walker, Dr Edwards, capt. Hunter & Canton: A & F Rowan dine.

18. Th.Pope, çala. Call on Lamb, & miss Smith, w. M J: Mulready at tea, narratif. (Cherry’s play.)

19. F. Mulready, çala. Fk calls: walk w. Turner: call on Philips (for Fk ); adv. McMillan, Gillet & Surrs.

20. Sa. Seek Dickins (pro Arnot) & Burroughs: call on Waken: Luzena Smith dines; adv. tante: Mulready sups.

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July 21. Su.Mulready, p. 5. J G at tea: sup at mrs Rowan’s, w. M J.

22. M. Mulready, p. 8. Fk dines (ppc): call on D. Stuartn: meet E E &O Fks.

23. Tu. Mulready, p. 10. Call on D Stuart na, & Johnson; adv. Belsham: meet Fks: Sadler’s Wells, w. miss Smith, Luzena, Hooley, M J & children, Talking Bird, & An Bratache. meet C Moore & Lb.

24. W.Mulready, p. 12/2. Call on Jacobn, Wroughtonn, & Nicholson: meet Bosville: call on Hazlit, w. M J: Lamb at tea.

25. Th. Mulready, p. 16/2. Call on Jacob, w. M J: sup at mrs Rowan’s, w. do; adv. Plunkets. Letter from Planta.

26. F. Mulready, p. 21. Milton, Elegs 1, 2, 3. Meet capt. Burney.

27. Sa. Mulready, p. 24. Milton, çala. Write to Wroughton, Langslow & Everina. Call on Dawe, for M J : meet Batty.

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July 28. Su. Mulready, p. 28, fin. Milton, Eleg. 4. Mulready dines.

29. M. Mulready, revise. Chapman’s Odyssey, B. XIV. Mulready at tea.

30. Tu.Mulready, 2 pages; revise. Call on Plantan: Joyces at tea; adv. Carlisle & Standard: Dadley calls.

31. W. Chapman, B. XV. Call on Nicholson, for M J ; &, w. do, on Jacob (Brompton) & mrs Rowan. Letter from Wroughton. Mulready calls n.

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