J 20.1

[17 or 18]-28 October 1769

London Memoranda and Notes for Journal

Note: This journal is easily distinguished from J 20,
as, having the leaves of the notebook stitched at
the top, the writing on the versos is upside down
as compared to that on the rectos.

J 20.1

Pages 1 and 2

Fragments of the marbled paper cover, labelled
"176<9>", and the inside of the cover (contain-
ing an expense account) are numbered 1 and 2

J 20.1

Page 12

(Events of Thursday 19 Oct. continued)

upon the Stage, & can
those things X And s
It is really true that yo
feel so severely for oth
now I thought myself
Being! Why so you are
shocking being -- Well well,
let me tell you I found I would
do all the good to peopl in
distress. But could not feel
in the keen manner others say
they did Why, Sir dont be
duped by 'em any more -- And
Sir these very feeling people
are not very anxious to do
good. They pay you by
feeling -- But I have been
uneasy that I did not
feel enough -- Why learn
then by keeping good com-
pany & read melancholy
as
stories how a man's father
married again & how he
was driven into forêign
parts wt his wife ha ha ha.
-- Well but Mrs W-- is he not
wrong? Why tis strange to us
feeling people. I said Foote

J 20.1

Page 18

(Events of Sunday 22 Oct. Written under date of
Monday 23 Oct.)

Monday 23 Oc<tr>
yesterday break F
He raild at the pra
<M>en Midwives as a
indelicate thing. Sai
not once in five
times is there a < > at
<b>irth. That man midw
deprives poor women o
proper livelihood & th
woman who has had
herself is sufficien
to help another. The
Westr. Painted Glass Window
fine organ -- a Mr. Manning
preached on the hand of
the industrious maketh
fat, or some such words.
You was in as good a
frame as possible. Prayed
as this Church of holy St.
Marg Do thou bless Marg
etc. -- Then walked in Westr Abbey
Home & drest -- Mr. Sher.

J 20.1

Page 22
(Events of Sunday 22 Oct. continued)

iously cor
lling ridicu
J Blocke
cocks are r
<d>unghill cock?
st me. Foote
<h>im more ridicu<lous> than
ever. Foote shewed you his long pedigree of the
Goodyves -- He said he
could not write a character
without using every gesture
as he writ<es> Major Sturgeon
was General Harvey -- All
Sr Greg. Ga<>'t. Sr Orlando Bridgman [betw. lines]
that reviewing etc made
ten times more ridiculous
on a fishmonger -- I main-
tained the Miser too deep
for Comedy the man really
tortured. Foote said -- So he
deserves a bad selfish
vice. He said Sr Ro Walp
had a battel to fight
against a numerous band

[written along left margin:] <Love à 1> a mode owed success
to antipathy Bute mid.

J 20.1

Page 26

(Events of Tuesday 24 Oct. continued)

productions --
which all the p
quality wrote --
-venturer -- Murph

Inn Journal --
has many great , now
he has not proper<ly> written
Poems. Has written in sand
temporary topicks [betw. lines]
& water -- cannot last -- King
much taken wt Corsican dress
-- you asked How can<sup>1</sup>one write
a Comedy? He shewed y ["shewed y" crossed out]
opened a drawer in his table
& took out Man & Wife &
shewed you <u>General Plan</u>
Act 1 may be so & so <u>Or</u>
so & so -- Act 2 So & so etc.
much of it just what is
adopted. Asked him as
to Chateaubriant. He
said it had some good Poetry
But would not do. If Managers
were obliged to write a
critical Examination

J 20.1

Page 28
(Events of Tuesday 24 Oct. continued)

who suggested
Prussians wou
Power to destr<o>y
nations, & make
u<niv>ersal -- He
to <di>ne wt Mr. D
R<>'t's Son a young <gen>tle
man come home from abroad
polite & amiable -- You

aid the Opposition called
for dissolution of Parlt.
just from contradiction
like the drunken party
in a town <u>No Liberty No Property &c</u> Langton drank
tea wt you & spent evening
& had bread & cheese & wine.
He aided you in Scotch
Etymology. Told you that
his family had been from
Henry III's time Had a
grant of a Warren from
that Prince -- That they
had had time to shew
great men -- But had

[written along left margin:] Langton not keep <co>mp wt In-
fidels -- If joke shock if argue principles
thoughts not always ready

["L 50.1", "Page 58", "(Evenings at 10.30 p.m.) continued", "who attended\n\nBenson to death\n\nHow to be a man\n\nHow to be a man\n\nHow to be a man\n\nHow to be