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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 ! _6 g2 d- I9 C- u- j
/ I2 v3 D! X9 o( I5 TBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
' c- B2 N+ i! @Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple" w/ L+ Y- x+ f8 T, W" Y
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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" J1 e( }# \& A+ o'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of6 f5 k6 v" p7 U/ H- j
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
. y$ R$ D; L2 p6 [" B: Z2 `3 ]% Ftomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he9 r+ a- b/ w5 ^% m. Y6 Z/ }3 M
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards7 k6 n" M3 h2 l
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
7 a0 H, E, e; I$ {& p, C5 e9 Msupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
+ ^' ?" s2 J& H/ y! jof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the3 ^3 e' W8 v6 z, F
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the, V& Z7 k+ b% B0 U2 i
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
7 D, B- C7 S O6 ~7 Bvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
! a9 Y/ M \" qhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
" ^! q% `3 M0 tnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble+ C' X, `9 C. A* c. [. v
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'& f& ~0 a+ w! h4 `9 y
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
8 Q8 }+ V* ?3 G" C+ ddecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to2 F6 ~# z2 y3 f% k# R# n# x+ m
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go7 v) N/ I* `" Q7 U
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
, Q+ O, |9 F7 Eit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
0 ` M! _# j: c2 W8 J; ?% M d. gI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the [+ f) d0 W4 d, ~* l% P, S
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
9 Z0 o) W; A* Munparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another4 l3 \, {4 L( S5 d
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
5 u4 y" m" g. k( t% W0 `3 vout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
$ t7 m, o2 F8 b: ^+ h* _& Awoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!: l. m3 _( c3 s# O8 \
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,2 W$ H2 R" V& q6 @
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,# U0 M0 }' U" v2 C. ~
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
5 Q& S3 B- t: Z! g+ towl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,* H U; B: l. }7 A" Q! V( {
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a8 D2 u" t8 ~; U6 P! n9 j' {; o+ {
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your7 T, ^+ V( p/ d- d0 A
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
& R+ k. @4 I/ x9 |2 j! t4 Qgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you, p1 M" T$ p o4 y5 W5 ^
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
* j8 ]! g$ S/ aand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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