Mepụta nsụgharị dị mgbagwoju anya nke ahịrịokwu a Sir Walter Scott, na-ede na'Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine'' na-ekele'' onye edemede ahụ nwere ọgụgụ isi na ike nke okwu'' (620), ọ bụ ezie na o kwenyesiri ike banyere ụzọ anụ ọhịa ahụ si enweta ihe ọmụma banyere ụwa na asụsụ.
N'ezie, ụdị nkebi ahịrịokwu ahụ dị mgbagwoju anya bụ "Sir Walter Scott dere na'' n'ozuzu ya, ọrụ ahụ na-eme ka anyị nwee echiche dị elu banyere amamihe mbụ nke onye edemede ahụ na ike obi ụtọ nke okwu ',' mana'' Quarterly Review'' kọwara ya''a tissue of horrible and disgusting absurdity '".