 鲜花( 20)  鸡蛋( 0)
|

楼主 |
发表于 2009-7-27 21:59
|
显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
( Y3 D! O X9 Y0 E" }( t, Z G* {% S# o: w7 e* _* l+ ^
Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great8 B/ @' y- [, u& K ~1 I
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
8 i8 ?. G5 n* ?; Q, \5 ebut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
( {) m1 F9 s6 C2 l4 W9 \
: D; B" G4 F) I& v'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of, q C7 K3 {% ]6 `5 ~" U& ~/ m
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
2 d/ X# _' E/ u i1 btomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
. L) {3 l. |+ x9 E$ f(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
# c- d6 x1 C7 z) Nstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the2 d: H0 |1 s$ _ c- K' ?
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism- o. [ ]7 ?. c: F; ?
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the2 I* }/ T4 |$ g! ~$ n
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the: X; o) B% @; s. M8 u
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
. o: C- f+ S* w# uvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
3 ~3 s+ A5 m; s: q Y# S; Ghyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
1 F+ j1 o: g; ]9 f$ x3 c6 Jnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
8 M" i1 y5 x; O( i' x, I# D# jservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
( p0 l9 A, \# `/ A; B- F1 p
1 Z" [, c% C9 o& C6 `2 P/ xIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than/ _4 X- d% y) v2 k m- x8 Y$ q7 {. N
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
/ P: L7 v: [( [! W; C/ Hall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go: D/ j4 q6 J, b* Y3 O- ]
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
8 X7 |: V2 ^( G2 E. hit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,& Y. m) `- w8 I& Q& I
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the/ e; C& ]5 G6 m6 g6 D
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
# p) w' K3 E* E: Y" R, E; T, O8 iunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-, f t& H+ Y* J# m [+ E: W
8 _8 f( W9 l4 B1 Y
'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
; h0 p- H4 n3 ktime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're* ~2 ~6 X3 ]$ `. w+ K+ h
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
3 y, X9 n, U/ ~6 v+ rwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!) G, x) b( Z1 t# x
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,* M# W4 f7 }" }% A0 s) p+ D8 p$ [4 E
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
! R: [4 J7 F6 r' F- J: LJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an% X; |& q! k' a! @: M/ G, B0 u
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
+ W' Z3 M+ c) Y+ @: ugood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
2 S, N, c% X9 \2 ]- sConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your% C, g( r' R& j4 V* h D
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
) j9 Q) y. \) G j% }0 {" e) m* Hgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you- N, J8 D& E) w9 {4 E
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,/ F4 D3 v0 n% [ [" k
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
|