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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 0 r, O6 D$ ^/ O; m
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
4 f+ Y& j0 ~" V6 P1 ^9 ETouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple5 t3 \8 w3 T% U% Y& p% }/ q
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of: ]* k& a/ _' G- U
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
5 \0 K: y% ~& u4 d; D5 R3 v% t2 Qtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he, Q) m% K6 j8 h
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
" g. h) Y; u6 j- d( v9 `style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the) b; I" ~3 j0 T7 ~
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
$ q2 o. i0 l7 J" Y& [of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
+ ]5 g, [! o5 J"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the3 y$ |; O/ T" }' @- W
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful# G# H" ?: P+ @4 E# T, ]* ]" s
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the8 h- d# z7 f- e- V1 W2 B+ E+ r& D7 A
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly/ Z# O. J7 h# t( v1 ]4 v
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble. Y2 i) `* _7 Q6 T
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'1 Z- W8 H! ]4 f+ F( i
2 {4 n# v$ F: m8 H" W5 \In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than! F$ n; C- o" x/ Q
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
' h# v C1 P3 ]) V+ }8 g; b8 F) Jall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
0 r3 F& `" j7 r) w0 D4 Hto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that6 R) }7 c% b! {
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,8 x( B! @. i, I6 B- c( f9 a
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
\+ W7 O( n$ |; a1 [0 Z+ Wmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really% z' G0 {( C5 c9 \
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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t" K) ~! L, b5 X# I* A'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another7 {: x' F* E3 ~, s& w# M
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
/ k; @- S5 f' q% ]* Yout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
9 f! ?3 p# j( I) V0 Z M- Ywoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!4 j& }, `2 X/ q9 {* `
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
& q$ x8 Z7 H% M! rand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,0 c/ _# R4 B3 d7 |6 V$ t; R
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
: N* ^: S# y( C( Jowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
( H4 x9 i, V5 Y. Lgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a/ Z. e( @- [/ z0 z( q1 X
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your% _3 P7 V1 h, [' ], b
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
6 S4 A) b1 t, r2 v' jgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
( N( I+ z# R7 R9 G0 tso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,# \: h" e$ g8 V' o/ ~
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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