Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine,  1 (1817), 76–78.

[Review of Harold the Dauntless, by Walter Scott]

Anon

Genre:

Review

Publications reviewed:

[Scott] 1817

Subjects:

Amusement, Natural Philosophy, Experiment, Cruelty, Instruments


    Quotes the opening stanzas of the poem, which attribute to ennui such amusements as card-playing, billiards, dice, and 'Retort and airpump, threatening frogs and mice, | (Murders disguised by philosophic name)' (78).



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