William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for May 1810

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May

May 1. Tu.Grammar, çala. Smart calls: call on R Taylor: Curran sups.

2. W.Grammar, çala. Write to M Walsh. Call on Bensley: Robinson & T T sup. Clennel at tea.

3. Th.Grammar, çala. Miles & Smart & Curran call: call on Surr; adv. Phillips. meet B Mercier & Place.

4. F.England, revise. Write to P H G. Curran dines, ppc.

5. Sa.Write to Withers, Holt. Call on Christian (Hope): theatre, w. C C, Henry 8, & Watermane.

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May 6. Su.Write to Withers, Holt. Trip to Scarborough. T T sups.

7. M.Grammar, revise. Call on Hope, D C, w. Jo G & T T: Col. White & Hilton call na.

8. Tu.Guevara, çala. Cumberland calls: D C w. T T: write to Carlisle: call on Stevenson.

9. W.Grammar, çala. Write to Withers, Holt. Guevara, p. 10. R & A Curran call: T T sups.

10. Th.Grammar, çala. Write to Woodcock. Call on Surr & Wilson: meet Hill: Robinson sups. Stevenson & mrs Topping call.

11. F.Quarles, çala. Dine at St. Paul’s, w. Fuseli, Bonnycastle, Knowles, Jas Moore & Blanco.

12. Sa.G Fletcher, çala. Sykes calls.

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May 13. Su.Grammar, çala. Jo & N G & T T call: call on Waldron.

14. M.Grammar, çala. Call on Curtis. Write to Mozley & Withers, w. administrations.

15. Tu.Grammar, çala. 2 Sykes’s, N G & T T dine: meet H Robinson.

16. W.Grammar, çala. Smart calls: call on B Montagu: T T sups.

17. Th.Grammar, çala. Miles & Stevenson call.

18. F.Grammar, çala. Tu Quoque.

19. Sa.Write to Withers & P H G. Call on Creed: Moore (W M) & T T call: T T & Flather sup. Jo G calls.

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May 20. Su.Grammar, 1 1/2 pp. Orlando, B. I, II.

21. M.Grammar, çala. Smarts call.

22. Tu.Grammar, çala. Od. I, 155. Waldron calls: T T sups. (see May 4, 1809)

23. W.Write to H Rogers & Miles. Arcadia, p. 12.

24. Th.Grammar, çala. Lambs sup.

25. F.Grammar, çala. Ariosto, st. 12. Anderson calls: call on Surr, &, w. T T, on B Montagu.

26. Sa.Grammar, çala. Od. 305. Jervis calls: H Robinson sups.

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May 27. Su.England, Hindoo, 20 lines. Od. 444. Surr calls: dine at Hume’s, w. M J, C, J, capt. Kemp & mrs Thomson; adv. Masters. Kensington Gardense: call on mrs Mulready.

28. M.Grammar, çala. Od. II, 79. Macmillan calls: theatre, K John, acts 1, 2, 3e: T T sups. call on Taylor; adv. Edward: meet B Montagu

29. Tu.England, çala. Write to Hazlit. Mrs Fenwick & O F call, & Andersonna.

30. W.Grammar, çala. W Letter to Huntingdon, Amn. Od. 145. Anderson & 2 Fks at tea; adv. T T.

31. Th.Grammar, çala. Od. 228. Call on Surr, Macmillan, Hume & Creed: Stevenson & M Jones call: T T sups.

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