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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 & `) t: d! o; R+ J
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
# t! q( Q3 s, kTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
. y, s' |8 {' t$ E7 u+ b2 q+ Cbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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# w1 ?; ?3 K3 H1 y- i'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of$ n7 u! i, Z3 u4 ~' q
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
3 o0 u* I& ?( _& m% q0 qtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
4 w3 k) y( ?! E: Q+ B. T3 h/ k(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards& w3 p5 w1 B% R+ P! U. T/ O! d
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
4 u1 `7 V+ S/ G X2 w, m" Gsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
( b3 n$ ?+ s* E* v) N" g4 ?of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
' c1 Z+ A1 L0 l* z d8 x7 c"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
, Q0 i" `! y" L, j"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful- ]! b/ k4 Z4 e7 U/ `
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the$ X, R4 j! \5 a4 y8 R$ K$ D1 c
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
" X. L1 v. B- w% `, Ynot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble' l5 ?0 |/ f ]
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'8 I9 |3 m7 a. }3 C9 z: D; Q
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
1 `& r9 P' |5 z6 Edecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
" }8 d. Z/ U& P5 Xall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go9 L# c/ @7 S T, B L4 X( |
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
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I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
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unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
: o* }8 v, Q' z( dtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're# B9 R$ j2 M' C( d" p
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
5 r3 Z: q6 F; }! |woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!! z( e" R5 Q8 h$ [- H- g" `
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
+ ^! }* l, p# S/ q: \and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,1 b }4 T# H: d/ n+ L
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
]7 s Y7 [1 q0 dowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,, v6 L! z1 k: J. s0 `, o5 Z
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
. O& p I" @8 Y BConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
4 _' q% W9 {( O& B1 D! \crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
0 i; |8 g; F, a I* A& [1 ^growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you" X, v+ B2 L8 ^8 |% {) s5 A4 f7 {
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
% u+ U9 R6 \! y' k8 v% @1 E9 Zand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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