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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 + w' c2 E( j, p' [$ \4 ^0 k
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
: X- M. }% @; \1 G3 W: d+ A2 [, GTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple" _; q0 `+ V( C, ]
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
2 Z+ S" Z" _. i" v* u9 R3 kthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
+ C0 J- a/ J, V; O2 ] n$ btomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he( k; {7 ?/ y/ S4 e6 W5 m
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
3 k6 J; _& ~. \# F& \. T/ g) f9 Bstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
. ^- H( K/ i5 {supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism! F9 x8 @' J; B! B/ d
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
b; @8 r8 N" Y"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the' ]* s& `0 ?( ^( U5 \5 S
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
( T0 T( o- F2 D' w4 |0 Ivowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
4 i' X s/ o3 B# Jhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly" m3 \2 F, _: f$ z8 g- V9 R
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
# [, e6 j: h- ], [8 yservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'6 _) A" u) ~" j: U
7 W1 x) [& s+ s- yIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than/ S: J+ g- A- J5 J/ x' p) }
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
: M% H8 O! Z$ r% e, V2 k) _all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
/ `. O4 c( e, O6 L' o8 zto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that! ?* c+ p `& U: p5 l: |; r
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,. ?- C+ B; U! W" v# D6 ^. p" \$ U
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the u/ x* G3 d( E! _
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
( I4 a+ \& J! m% |& d3 I, Z6 v2 L) Junparalleled paragraph, which follows:-9 U8 O2 P5 E' b5 @, F5 }9 A0 c* c
. B# ]% a; ?0 s# L E6 u) Z( C'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another9 m4 U& v# p4 }" M' W* w. T, p
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
' V1 i% B/ S) H+ ~out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old1 e' `$ G1 q7 G8 J; e4 I# B9 E
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!3 r4 x: L5 `- T1 Z$ z
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,0 W4 U6 I, L5 I+ o* D& V
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
. f4 K1 C: W1 gJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an Q# X9 v/ e9 N# J+ `( F$ L6 j3 T
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,) m1 n- v3 G1 y- w, X( t& L8 p
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a N2 G# u4 r$ X* }$ U
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your( y3 r* q, p) r1 O, d, i
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
7 J5 A9 Y) J1 k: Jgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you, ^' I# l0 m; F6 F' v% B
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,9 a# i, n+ G. ~
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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