| Index Entry | Harlequin, wooden sword, metaphor of current affairs |
| Location | Paris |
| Citation | NJJ.782.002 2 Jan 1782:22 (150) Extract of a letter from Paris, Sept. 20. . . [3 paragraphs] The situation of the combined fleets is a paradox which none can solve. . . . Surely the King's of France and Spain have been gifted lately with the all-powerful wooden sword of Harlequin, thus to make their fleets skip from sea to sea in such a short space of time. |
| Generic Title | New Jersey Journal |
| Date | 1782.01.02 |
| Publisher | Kollock, Shepard |
| City, State | Chatham, NJ |
| Year | 1782 |
| Bibliography | B0025044 |