Burns met Francis Grose (1731-91), a captain in the Surrey Militia, at Friars CArse in the summer of 1789, when he was collecting materials for The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 vols, 1789 and 1791.

The devil got notice that Grose was a-dying, So whip! at the summons, old Satan came flying; But when he approach'd where poor Francis lay moaning, And saw each bed-post with its burden a-groaning ...

Anthony Grose Anthony Grose, 39, of Charleston, appeared before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey, who set his trial for July 7. Grose was indicted on a murder charge from the September ...