Note 420 — RAPE OF THE LOCK.
Reading edition
Japan screens, as appears from the Spectator, were then the rage, and in the Woman of Taste, 1733, we have the couplet,
Ne'er chuse a screen, and never touch a fan, Till it has sailed from India or Japan.
Reading edition
Japan screens, as appears from the Spectator, were then the rage, and in the Woman of Taste, 1733, we have the couplet,
Ne'er chuse a screen, and never touch a fan, Till it has sailed from India or Japan.