William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for August 1805

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August

Aug. 1. Th. Meet Wolcot & Combe: call on Planta & Jo G: Mulready calls.

2. F. Call on R Taylorn; adv. Arthur.

3. Sa.Volpone, acts 1, 2, 3. Call on R Taylor.

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Aug. 4. Su.Volpone, acts 4 & 5. H Rowan & 5 & Fitzgerald call: sup at do, w. M J. Hazlit calls.

5. M. Epicene, acts 1, 2, 3. Call on R Taylor & Rowan: H & P G call.

6. Tu. Epicene, act 4. Call on Dr Gray & H Ellis: Wolcot, Masters, Keir & E Fks dine; adv. Turner, Mulready, Dawes, & R & A Taylor.

7. W. Epicene, act 5: Scornful Lady, acts 1, 2, 3. G M C dines.

8. Th. Scornful Lady, acts 4 & 5. Condé, W Stuart & Hooley call: tea Nicholson’s: sup at Rowan’s, for M J . Call on R Taylor, Jo G, Lamb n, Nelson & Keir.

9. F. Alchemist, act 1. CaGravel calls: call on J G, & Nicholson & Dawen.

10. Sa. Waller, çala. Call on H Rowan, Dawe & Mulready: Dawe’s w. M J, Mulready & Turner-mask meet Philips & Foot. Call on Jones, copper-plate printer, w. Dawe.

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No. XIII.

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Aug. 11. Su. England, revise. Alchemist, act 2. Northcote & 3 Rowans tea & sup. Wakes call.

12. M. England, 1/2 page. Milton, Eleg. 5: Chapman, çala. Call on Lahee, w. Dawe; & R Taylor: meet Wolcot, w. M J: Dawe & Turner call: mrs Mumford calls.

13. Tu. Call on J G & R Taylor: Mulready calls: Wakes & Dawe sup. call on mrs Mumford.

14. W. Chapman, B. XVI. Dine at Johnson’s, w. Fuseli, Bonnycastle & Vicars; Irls.

15. Th. Chapman, B. XVII. Write to A G. Call on Goldston, w. Jo G.

16. F. Chapman, B. XVIII. Call on Philips; adv. Gillet (pro Fk): E Fk dines: Mulready sups. Note on Johnson’s Lives.

17. Sa. Chapman, B. XIX. Call on Jacobn, Lambn, Gravel & Nicholson.

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Aug. 18. Su. Chapman, B. XX: Dryden, çala. Hazlit calls: J G at tea.

19. M. Chapman, B. XXI, XXII: Dryden, çala. Snagg & Mulready call.

20. Tu. Chapman, B. XXIII. Dawe calls: meet Wolcot: Keir expected.

21. W. Chapman, Iliad, B I/2. Call on Wilks, Dadley & Dawe: Mulready & Dawe sup.

22. Th.Chapman, B. I, fin. Write to A G. Call on Wilks & Dawe (cast by Tomlinson); adv. Mulready, M D, F & C.

23. F. Chapman, B. II/2: Killed with Kindness. Call on Wilks, &, for M J , on Lambs: meet Taylor: Hazlit calls.

24. Sa.Chapman, B. II, fin: Custom of ye Country{,} acts 1, 2. Call on Johnson & Jo G; adv. J G: S Fell, Dawe & Mulready call.

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Aug. 25. Su.Chapman, B. III. Mulready, revise. Call on Keir: Langslow calls: Lambs at tea; adv. Dawe. Duke of Gloucester dies.

26. M. Chapman, B. IV: Custom of ye Country, fin. Dawe & Turner call: call on Carlisle, for M J; & adv. Bloxam & miss Standert.

27. Tu. England, 1/2 page. Chapman, B. V/2. Call on M Dawe & Lambn: Dadley calls n.

28. W. England, 1/2 page. Chapman, B. V, fin: Beggar’s Bush, act 1. Dadley calls.

29. Th. Chapman, B. VI: Beggar’s Bush, fin: Blde. Harry, çala.

30. F. Chapman, B. VII: Martial, Lib. II, Ep. 43 to 63. M & C Dawe dine; adv. Dawe & 4 Lauries. Call on Wilks & Lamb.

31. Sa. Chapman, B. VIII, IX. Hazlit & J G call.

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