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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 ; J+ E& m7 ?$ T
( [; f: A# H. q. @5 G+ R& s# cBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
4 _' v& u& o- p/ C# c6 M/ jTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple2 Z% X' B- r2 O
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:2 d6 F; p) r; @ _& d
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of) Z7 Y8 d+ r) U6 W+ ~3 O
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
+ v6 c6 s1 ?& G. u: g% {tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he1 n' u& i' S5 f/ D+ X o# O
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards8 V' V: h+ Q( o8 ]) }6 |
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
3 ^- K5 K. W8 \supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
4 ^5 o1 B2 P: \" J; y$ x0 Xof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
+ q0 L$ y- a* j+ j"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
* a/ ?4 s" {6 m8 P"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful8 a+ d7 l1 X; r
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
* N3 ^7 D3 C8 zhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly, T! |9 v( U" {
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
+ k0 b4 G$ {+ d6 A; nservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
7 z0 m, H* [0 P# R9 b, vdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to% h# t! e2 ~; r! p* v! m, o
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go) A+ h& q1 m2 l: d; ~1 n
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that' Y+ c" s* p) j8 k! a/ T6 \
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
$ }& B& y$ I3 U) o& p1 t# K% ~I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
! W O3 z+ F5 e& g! H1 x: ymidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
+ w, n# V1 e3 R3 O8 k/ z. |/ Yunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
) M/ U2 f: G# v& Y2 Ntime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're+ K# T' V+ _& N, Q9 K% q1 [
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
H, t0 }$ w s$ P1 ewoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
7 S& ]' d) |( Z$ P- J' ]Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
/ l. |$ O N; S$ r7 gand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,; M1 [& d8 X; n* a% r2 J
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an" w0 W. J: h- K* d4 Q7 ~6 Y
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
; K, R) }- O0 o$ M, Cgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
" G/ H+ T7 `) z7 D- o8 w4 I( f6 H* iConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
0 g" A. n7 y4 rcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
" |- f' v7 e" Y+ Z& g+ z# X$ {growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you7 S2 X6 c% r$ p- M& H2 h
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,+ p, r1 a! W7 K5 A
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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