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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( j4 ~2 c* c, ^2 p# D' \, O2 z
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple; Q/ q; T' `+ a+ Q; _4 \) I8 Z
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair: k8 M- H% V! C9 ^+ p$ x
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of" g, [1 V( f9 e, k: N
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in* A7 E: q& e% J0 ` G
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
W( |2 p/ e: u9 S0 ?/ z8 X(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
6 J9 `3 d8 S `, h" A7 c! Z- {5 Qstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the7 q6 x! y! X. V! }& p% D) e
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
7 ~1 g$ Y; i% I- j) d& j9 [' L7 Kof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
2 @* A6 u& F% i6 y( ?! H) m. Z"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the3 u! t. o9 ~$ ^+ e: I# S3 L- O
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
' f+ A9 N. B# q6 Hvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the: I$ W: g F7 P3 V$ B4 ]1 s; f. O/ ^+ K
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
# y$ E3 j; u _4 ?not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble# k( n! \9 C: m8 H e) d' p
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than* u2 ]% d" D3 j
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
. S: X9 K" t1 V0 \all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
6 ?; @/ e: Y% u7 V( B1 S+ zto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that! A3 r- u$ Z2 o J4 {5 z7 r) J. h
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
0 F. s( \3 v8 m8 H; vI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the7 l# M/ u5 d; h7 m. v4 s
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
& o; c! g9 k$ M" ]% c! Junparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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2 S6 E, O$ {, Z- y0 s, Y'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
" n& ~, j2 O. \* x/ p) O! itime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're: y. O, ^( Q# ?4 D7 T
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
* D+ X) D I! {& {' A. Pwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!4 w4 p4 {" s% X0 S
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
0 R: v1 M$ L: ]and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,5 k. ?- {" {6 m' \
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
3 b4 u% w9 C0 I" Bowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,! [4 c: E$ L. ~" u {! R3 v; ~( B
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
( U) u" P: T% g* X5 I, `+ tConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your$ K9 T( H/ o# V4 i* ~
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
. u- F0 K$ A l6 S# ^growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you t1 p9 z7 s* N5 f' y3 M
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
8 T! C" `2 O5 k9 fand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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