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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
- O0 T! E3 ]* H- Q. ]' JTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple- G7 K5 g: _$ X
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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! B. Q; t5 [; p% J% _ x'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of: j2 @& j% D2 \2 u
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
5 _6 G) `+ @6 @' _/ i7 X! B, Ftomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he# b4 Z e. t2 R5 |# d8 B+ i
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
`/ z' O( e+ ~* g& bstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
- i% t, P% x4 _+ m! T5 ]- \) wsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism& Q/ m; }/ U+ F
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
- ]! s1 j L4 |6 |5 s"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the/ k* M- I+ k3 U7 P- r
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful# c0 d: w7 O& \; w. I
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
# z" U5 u- Q% N' thyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
! S* R5 `6 [0 fnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
% E# D$ B Q7 Q$ Y0 Yservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'; i" o2 P( P x8 L2 h2 V
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than2 ]; i) S, s, A, V. u7 c0 H6 H
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
' W+ M8 b: Z. M- z" lall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
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it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,! ~8 `9 @ Q! y* Y P+ e/ D
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the! T: E( t. T r" Q! D$ }
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really* {/ {" h, L+ Q
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-2 w* X" `+ k! N4 i, E
A( {1 Z+ q, R2 }6 _, ~'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
6 Y6 [, F2 z1 Y5 e+ e5 ?time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're8 H* a) U! m1 E* P6 O$ a
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
$ H0 I+ [( r' [9 G7 T5 xwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
- L' [ y( J# \$ NOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,) f8 E, M- y; i% r, ^2 @
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
- x/ {& N9 p$ U4 Y2 |John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an/ n4 [5 r' D* E a0 l8 H) n+ _
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,, H8 |4 g# k$ W* p& H
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a8 h8 R) ^% w! b, o
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your# g q2 ?+ Q# B* a/ l8 q) L
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor: i; c: l: C, Q9 A! g4 W
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you1 G8 Q9 k, {: \/ l0 N- g
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
$ _) r" I5 \- F7 Sand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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