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发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe
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0 a9 a+ m; a7 y2 h一篇著名的小小说,很funny。盼望和能读下来的大侠求教一个问题:Who is the chief or Printer‘s boy's master?
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:39 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑 2 E& P, u9 c5 A2 e7 J" Y& P  i

+ H1 _: p4 m; W9 P2 \" g  I: F) p: ?2 dAS it is well known that the 'wise men' in the Bible came 'from the East,' and as Mr. Touch-and-go Bullet-head came from the East,  Mr. Bullet-head was therefore a wise man; and if further proof of the matter is  needed, here we have it- Mr. B. was an editor. A bad temper was his only weakness; he did not consider  his inablility ever to changer his mind a weakness. It was, his firmly believed, his strong point.
4 g6 g) B; D. y: ?/ j/ M5 a( G   I have shown that Touch-and-go Bullet-head was a wise man; and the only occasion on which he was not wise was when, leaving the proper home for all wise men, the East, he moved to the city of Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, or some place of a similar title, out West.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:57 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑
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0 _& G4 X  l3 [2 ?I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his$ f, G& Z: L' M
mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
- G& b, {" a5 }no newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular; m; D6 z1 v. j  w5 n
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
/ W' ?( w# Q0 V7 R0 M& jhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have3 K% T  ?& b8 y7 i0 I$ F
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, }! `% n8 }- C4 I" k! W
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived
5 o: }* J! V* \# }a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
9 o& Y4 [* T- R& Zyears had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
8 Y. G9 U9 W  u1 U' _'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on* h( [4 S9 f5 H3 g1 S& h* y
account of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found+ _& b1 k# ~3 f& v' k
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
" l, K) U8 E! r" N2 wdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for9 t* Q7 ^5 d. ^$ v; ]& g2 `
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
7 M, _# q6 {2 yhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly1 G% ?. e6 O0 W
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after* Z; N# v# @+ v$ B. W2 b
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to. K6 e0 q  Y- j3 P! g4 S
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this
# I7 p- ~% ]6 u9 U* U) jwas the name of the new paper./ ?! I* w+ [* s
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The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say) P1 H& T4 x. l& g3 a" z% @/ \5 X
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as( S6 F" g  m/ t1 l
for the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
6 g4 ]; u1 t5 \! m0 N8 {3 gparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I
& W# `+ }% N& I2 s  h6 m9 Ahave always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,4 ?. W8 r8 i. U) J2 ^
who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to* k# x* p8 a" H( X; b# n/ }
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs4 }0 ?: K) [* g+ y
thus:
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'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way% L5 }$ j# F3 V, C! D8 C9 q
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
, x2 d8 m+ h5 r  z/ u! Tcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'
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A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
$ [# f" G* e9 r2 p, X7 wbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
8 p9 ~: b7 I8 L3 E: qexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one) J9 M$ Z4 Y: [0 c- c
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
: H3 X+ y) Q- ?5 S% o0 ]8 ENext morning it appeared as follows:( i8 d' e3 s# H
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'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:! a; e+ C: l5 v) w
"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,# H! J1 f) s, \+ |. o3 T
tempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his3 W/ C+ w) s7 z! t3 D3 y+ M2 e: H
reasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
5 w: T+ a" _( N4 t5 O1 P: C. L1 ^4 q; Znor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
& M" [# z- }( x4 _vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
: A- o% `' J/ m, p/ [) GO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
1 Z$ G  G$ O) ~3 n4 n4 U! ^0 A9 Lgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it3 H# V" k) B; r- n( C! D
is pitiful."'
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& A8 w4 |9 F8 X6 @1 ]$ QThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
/ J  x1 S  }! b/ B# C' ZI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,
5 x9 E; Y8 X: x/ A) Rhowever, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
8 ^. V( v( w  Q; D. b- ehis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
! f8 l4 T2 r2 z- d, y& C+ {( ^style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
3 _( M5 t" c" M+ cBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
9 \5 k2 f( j. W$ i5 s+ r( Xsoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
8 ?8 U% V% k9 a' C3 f5 g; Jhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go0 |4 f. z. Q# h: M
Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that* ?' `' {% T6 k/ @% d- H# s
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole
5 z( u/ r/ |: V. b* U( tparagraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel3 h- t; a. P$ g- \& u
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --* g5 g3 b7 I6 w$ F
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
1 K( K/ {+ R- C) j4 G' i; D$ {3 b) [Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the; @0 o4 e" N$ D& |0 a  U0 p
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!; C5 }8 F9 C6 u0 G+ J& x
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
8 u  O: r. P$ k/ Qcould be.
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
9 J5 l+ ?: i/ u* z  p& j, H2 dTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple* W& T( Y; f- c' G. L
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:8 f# W3 D8 \" ~' p# Q; i

( s& w6 C: B$ n+ M' z* F# C'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of, X: D: J% Y3 H2 d  ]
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
# i: u# A1 a' F+ m9 Xtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he: K& G+ e5 j& ~8 }" z
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards$ ~2 M% I6 m; `( B, c
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
! S( _6 x* L. o5 N& dsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
/ @( `! Z6 \  c4 U( r8 I2 A; Z; Oof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the6 ?0 _3 Y2 }: m
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
$ U9 v6 H& Q2 |, ~& \" _( t/ k8 Q7 Q: N"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
  N6 l4 y* R3 t# p4 s! Kvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the! B, ?" b5 T: V, X
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
6 k: s( z; u' H$ t, D6 t" Knot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
% _0 c! x" H/ k) o' j' f, }servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'9 a! r+ i3 f% I) U$ D7 ^! _
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than6 f4 d. R' W' ~$ r$ }
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
7 ]- A- p! \( T6 Z+ dall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
5 u; q5 p* h& @1 Ato the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
& B5 @: I' S) _9 h- Q7 ]# xit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
7 Q- a! i- r6 h* x$ j; jI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the3 y: J, u, R, e3 p
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
2 V2 M- L- U( e( uunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another; D% y0 j2 q9 J& Z. x
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
  v7 N* s7 [" C  \+ bout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
# }- _: q' S% T: [woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!7 s6 k; g8 D3 d( ?, A
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
, [% Z  [0 u7 i! K9 }4 e( L# {and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,. c8 N, `1 \6 g( n2 h
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
" X4 m# _# C% D/ f, Howl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,7 Z* O. P) x7 s: I
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a7 m1 c( r8 \7 r6 j0 X# K9 I. p
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your1 _# |9 o. J# F/ t% f$ O
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor$ M2 a2 C8 J* c: F
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you' _: L; N3 A  h4 H/ I
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
9 J% ?- W6 R4 `7 w3 iand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:04 | 显示全部楼层
Tired out, of course, by so wonderful a piece of work, the great! x5 e; k. G% q8 v2 d) O* B
Touch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to  z. x, ~  G* R- B
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
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( e& e  e/ i( {* @- b  xThe printer's boy to whom the article was trusted ran upstairs  in a great hurry and prepared to set the article in print.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:10 | 显示全部楼层
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In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he
2 {4 m  z9 @" H; zlooked for and found a capital S. Pleased with this success, he immediately threw himself upon the box where the little-o box were kept -- but who can, S( `2 A: ^; _+ K: m1 ~
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a4 ?; l) p) u$ S* m
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single( w2 P1 Y8 P7 T4 [* Z' ~
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
8 `, c* M3 z2 \5 ?, \capital-O box, he found that in exactly the same state--empty.  He ran to his master.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:19 | 显示全部楼层
'Sir!' said he, gasping for breath, 'I can't never set up nothing
, V+ D$ S* a1 B. T2 Iwithout no o's.'% V6 g  ~6 C0 w) P5 [) Y2 p

% n3 X% V, K7 {+ o'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
7 J) @/ ^3 M/ ]3 ^: Cangry at being kept from his bed so late.: {4 s2 L1 r+ z: x$ c+ T) |
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'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a4 E% {7 `6 e. B7 K( q
little one!'
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'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'0 K, o" F6 j3 E$ l: g; R) K: i
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'I don't know, sir,' said the boy, 'but one of those Daily News people has been wandering about here, and I expect he's taken every one.'
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'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning& x5 J) x6 M' s. p
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy' P/ I5 ~" o9 u8 l( d
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their8 Y0 ~# v" z2 }; @2 J
i's .'+ R2 N( O6 ?% P) v; T; e
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'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
' o/ B9 ~, L! p1 o0 Q; JI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that) x, c, L1 w( ^8 o2 N" C
paragraph? It Must go in to-night, you know -- if not,  there'll be trouble'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:23 | 显示全部楼层
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'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
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'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'4 U4 r, Y. ~6 @
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'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
, }( s& z( y1 {said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
# ~3 y0 V* Y. Z! V% Q% ]some other letter for o; nobody's going to read the man's nonsense in any case.'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:24 | 显示全部楼层
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ok, from 7楼到9楼中的chief是谁?和Mr bullet- head是一个人吗?还是不同的人?
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
6 _; C- U% h' T1 B1 ycase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,2 d& Z, S6 d" a0 u& R
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their3 F+ ~9 k5 i1 L7 e% A1 }  R
eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
0 C* R) d: u  s8 `& v9 \- \is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but0 W! f: E5 r- |3 C# r- k
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of; @4 W$ i% Q* t9 w2 j, W
fight, in a small way.
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The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
  k, V! r& f. i1 {' Rprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the) A& I) ^" a  f; D# t
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
$ w- x+ V( f1 d1 F# _+ B' S4 f! }2 v$ q/ Ialways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
! g3 J7 J( x6 k* l; }/ ^3 h% Bdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
' L  A$ H" @4 b, {; H2 Lsuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
; [, K. U, M) Stimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
3 T( c! J( w. nhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it0 [7 P4 e8 M& _% f  t( x# O* R
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than$ \$ B/ R* @7 A9 ^) `+ j$ [
the x to which he had been accustomed.
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'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read- X- [: Q/ T" c0 }
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
- }) O6 |" b0 cparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press/ w6 b2 ~9 g6 q$ ^5 G0 ~
it went x-ed.
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Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
( z" C4 W: y% t7 Oreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
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'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther3 N8 P) T& Q3 s  _! E8 r
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're6 J9 f8 |6 n) m" J( j
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
0 j$ z! y$ o3 ?1 k4 }wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
& O$ E8 h, \' t/ h4 _Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at/ W/ R8 P0 G, k4 y
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
, H- k* M5 @4 l2 p, c8 YJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
/ b# G2 l; J$ _4 J& Afxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
; s# j% B+ p2 X; qgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a8 F& e0 I! I: o0 Z' Q9 q' J
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur$ m1 @/ L8 _# d$ _
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
) j! \+ m1 r+ c/ B0 j( ~nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld$ p  u  c8 A9 M5 J+ [# J
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
. H8 [" R3 C+ T+ @8 `$ xsx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is$ ]1 a" l( {) [
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the% w0 b' F, w- E5 K; y$ V  L, |
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the: o! d, z/ \9 H, o* A
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's
; ?/ ~' l: s3 k, presidence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that0 z% G" Z* P9 s. V- ?1 Y: q! g) L
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell
2 r( c) y9 ]; N/ Mhow; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.8 ^- U+ o+ I) c1 r1 I5 c7 g) d
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Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length
* @" S& Q, q. L: C" msubsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of6 L9 D. z- L' h
opinion about this unhappy affair.
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One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.5 I+ r/ d/ v) Y! ?# q

1 c( H& b- H% v" V$ A, MAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of
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9 _% Q  g5 S/ K. y+ BA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
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  v! _2 X' v8 X1 }8 s7 Q: r- x9 gA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a
. x* A7 Y) N; G, X8 u& }general way, his X-asperation.; j  h; u2 _; G7 a

3 F: Z$ E( R; y: s  |% ~3 v'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.+ `( g1 ]* I$ H: Y- F
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That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
) H1 i" q1 G, y. g. d# H4 |and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some2 N9 [1 N9 l. l+ w! S
talk about lynching the other one.
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:26 | 显示全部楼层
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The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,9 j) C  [" E( j4 ^
X-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician! i- t. A/ B0 r6 R6 W
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
8 m% j/ n7 i! q1 m! S7 jbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly1 K  t* g/ c0 z5 r$ s+ C
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.0 ?% ^$ N& B! s5 N! ~/ |

+ t& y% D% O4 N# j* GThe opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed& ^. e9 x/ K( F8 k* J
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it) `5 I! H) h9 N1 Q1 t! d. ?( M
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
- H9 `$ V  F% i2 \; Q" m( u7 T+ HHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,
9 W) M; A& s" k- q$ Kthat it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be( m& t1 D" H7 P" w1 e
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually, d2 P3 m' b2 F* ^/ U* L
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral4 O. o* ]* H9 f& u# r
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in. T; z9 @4 k7 Q
the X-treme.'
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