Note 59 — THE LAY OF THE OLD WOMAN CLOTHED IN GREY.
Reading edition
"An antient and most pugnacious family," says our Bath Friend.One of their descendants, George Rose, Esq., late M.P. for Christchurch (an elderly gentleman now defunct), was equally celebrated for his vocal abilities and his wanton destruction of furniture when in a state of excitement.—"Sing, old Rose, and burn the bellows!" has grown into a proverb.