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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 8 y) d$ g' S1 e* ?' S5 B
; |0 B1 C' W/ L, O. ^ ?7 ZBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
% f0 C- i; d( D2 _- R( t3 v& YTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
( b3 p, t3 [7 D9 f5 a( Wbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:* Z3 y4 g- Y9 A
( e& B: v4 Y1 D4 b$ Z3 k3 O6 n$ Z'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of" A4 Q( c' G1 N) i4 `8 M' L
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
. G5 X2 _" M# @' n1 h9 N- d' Ktomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he: b! I! W3 u4 D1 P% ?
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards/ L+ D* j) k* u _) p, W$ T) @/ V. u
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the- e8 w* q0 e, S0 u
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
0 J9 B' B0 \ i' {1 A) ^# M; ]. Tof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
: @( a* E% y& ?& I4 I. z- U5 K"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
7 e) N0 I: a, v; C6 j0 N$ H1 @. ?"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
8 I" T' m! q) g/ D8 D- Dvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
t/ f# U1 Y8 Z" Ehyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
* |0 E6 ~& b4 V9 nnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
- s8 H4 F( C) Gservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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, R Y7 F$ @. `' J CIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than$ n, ~$ n$ q/ P- k& e
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
' ~$ B, h% b4 u2 i7 w4 [. _4 q& r+ ~all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go# M9 p7 m+ w' \" V
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
9 q0 q8 u9 X* b3 y( Lit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,; a3 i& P$ Y, N6 c1 q# W
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
3 x O( ]3 v3 w$ S( ^. Nmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really1 y' s2 {, L4 m" Z' o d
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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* J: t: ^1 O6 f8 p4 c0 I! I'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
. n( k7 ?( z0 ]; f, }3 v" etime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
" A6 a. b3 @2 {3 ?$ r. ?$ D/ zout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old+ |7 X- \6 I3 x
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!, t' U" i4 G. d3 U; f2 }
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
; }& ~- p# p3 x3 Rand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
0 L# }" S2 C; B8 Y, IJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
) x3 i& G, P2 F/ w9 g; d1 }owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,- _- h" A, e- i
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a" V9 o0 N P2 W: v6 f
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
( M. T0 E, |& ^9 mcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor, J$ p. G9 I. ?6 r
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you) S# {% w# r" b* Z2 p
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,( O0 n! o; r# X+ l/ p
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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