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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great% M- @- f# \: f
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple+ S K+ i" I/ m
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:9 a8 B! g7 L$ G! ~/ V& ^
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
9 m; w# p# [$ Q8 cthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
5 u3 b3 U7 p$ c: r4 J7 Mtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he6 Y" ?* l, x. D8 x
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
" a4 X% ?, r+ Q' ~1 Estyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the- b$ `2 `& ~+ j, d& q6 z8 t
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
" U# e @$ d. d* h1 c5 kof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
4 A* l' N% G5 H"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
, B3 q: a0 O/ S' D7 G2 v"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
& }6 ?/ S7 C5 V0 p& S2 R! fvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the, ^- y& S* ]' v/ ^
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
) {+ z/ X( T6 L' M+ Unot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
9 Y1 a$ v, U' s7 {servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than! `0 h/ v7 @9 m& G
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to# b; J" Q& G ~8 ~7 S
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go# V- _8 k, ?) b/ y/ n% |$ Z
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
: ~" Z' B) i' k3 cit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
! J' }' {$ ^- ~5 lI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the% W8 `) q E9 c5 K0 w& q- }6 u
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
# X8 r1 v- c) l5 P$ @; |unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-5 A$ ~7 c. u8 H% W" {% Q
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
, V3 ?4 s5 K$ Z; Atime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're7 V% H6 _+ z. B6 w) D9 [% l
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
4 K1 E3 q2 V% M" S7 k* Ywoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!) Z2 K: ~' T; _. M
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
2 R, [( C% ~$ g% {) j4 Z! X$ land don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
3 z! [1 m- _: j# Z8 Q D1 b1 xJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
" ?% P; m1 W4 O" Uowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
/ Y/ w7 x; Z4 F- g3 F7 q0 f Mgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
( |- o# i5 Q5 T. M& ^5 k4 J& VConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your: A$ l, L3 T1 [" h0 h) p& v0 _
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor( I% F' a# b1 }( L, F$ N* C! u5 p, ^
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you$ X# U" R, r. J" |+ i, T
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
9 W3 ?2 ?* o: i1 p2 ?and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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