...Mr. Gray, pp. 6-7. Bishop Burnet. 1 An allusion to the History of ' 21. GRAY TO WEST. [Dec. 1735]' WHEN you have seen one of my days, you have seen a...only he has the satisfaction of fancying he makes a progrefs, and gets some ground; my eyes are open enough to see the same dull prospect, and to know...

...greatest of pleasures to know what you do, what you read, and how you spend your time, and to tell you what I do not read, and how I do not, &c., for almost...four-and-twenty steps more, I shall be just where I was." This is the real Gray speaking to us for the first time, and after a few more playful phrases, he turns...

...he had sometimes the company of a congenial younger friend or married couple. He might have said ' when you have seen one of my days, you have seen a...round like the blind horse in the mill ', only he would have said it without the repining of the poet Gray and he certainly believed that the horse made...

...to be called ingratitude, and I am obliged to your goodness for softening so harsh an appellation. When you have seen one of my days, you have seen a...only he has the satisfaction of fancying he makes progress, and gets some new ground; my eyes are open enough to see the same dull prospect, and to know...

...Fricassee.' Reading here, reading there ; nothing but books with different sauces." And at another time : " When you have seen one of my days, you have seen a...satisfaction of fancying he makes a progress, and gets over some ground ; my eyes are open enough to see the same dull prospect, and to know that, having...

...desire you will send me soon, and truly and positively, a History of your own time. To this Gray replied 'When you have seen one of my days you have seen a...round and round like the blind horse in the mill.... I must not send you the history of my own time, till I can send you that also of the reformation.'...