埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 6209|回复: 12

关于X-ing a Paragraph有一问题求教

[复制链接]
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe
; I/ o4 y( h- C  {% d4 r7 |. \
3 _" D# c1 y7 y  P一篇著名的小小说,很funny。盼望和能读下来的大侠求教一个问题:Who is the chief or Printer‘s boy's master?
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:39 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑 5 a0 Q5 [* C, z$ |. Q
% R9 A* G, A5 |) i. K) c% h- T
AS it is well known that the 'wise men' in the Bible came 'from the East,' and as Mr. Touch-and-go Bullet-head came from the East,  Mr. Bullet-head was therefore a wise man; and if further proof of the matter is  needed, here we have it- Mr. B. was an editor. A bad temper was his only weakness; he did not consider  his inablility ever to changer his mind a weakness. It was, his firmly believed, his strong point.9 M5 O, I% l8 ]% ?; L
   I have shown that Touch-and-go Bullet-head was a wise man; and the only occasion on which he was not wise was when, leaving the proper home for all wise men, the East, he moved to the city of Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, or some place of a similar title, out West.
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:57 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑 # ^) a/ i8 m- A8 r4 B
# C! P- {, v0 P; U# V) |" d8 M
I must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
/ U4 y5 W4 r$ B2 w; Nmind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
1 o/ [/ s5 `8 i; r- xno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular
9 @7 u& K0 I) `6 X# h9 ~section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to8 J( _5 ~3 k7 B: Y, \' v" I
have the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have: C* d4 i" F+ @+ v
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis" A- n2 M, ?5 D4 `  X" E9 S  X
had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived2 M# d1 x; f+ \1 J
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many
8 r! s* P% Z( ]. T, v7 R6 d# c+ @years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the
, h5 N, w1 Z1 u$ ]. N'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
3 l9 ?1 o# e- E2 A4 s+ ~+ oaccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found
" V0 W6 r8 V  ^) I  Fhimself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
4 Y( H1 Q! p5 Z- g# S" h1 C  u$ vdid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for
3 r9 h( @* Q, ?obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
& ~! n, Y( X  Mhe unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly
: U6 {  i3 Q) D- C( Fopposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after
: W- \) {. M2 u& @( G8 _* uhis arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to" f, c* Q' G. o- p; T
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this" b2 z7 e/ Y+ K; u# e
was the name of the new paper.
; j+ l% w% O) B6 w2 @" |9 r7 G; X& f8 y7 P
The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say, \9 S& M* o4 I9 z2 A
severe. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
0 |$ P$ [3 K, ?3 D* c+ B8 sfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
/ N" _6 z5 ~# R1 V1 n" _& {) Pparticular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I. e5 B: K$ ~! c* K2 @  H* a
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
/ N+ ?+ }' D2 p$ Swho is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to5 n1 R! C9 B6 E7 Q( f
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
5 D7 c5 g4 S/ zthus:
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way4 I; O& d# A* k. y) m
is a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world
$ L  _$ j6 p7 [: r& Xcoming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!', [# Z6 I; n- n# X- H5 n
* l/ g% K8 o# x( B# W8 _
A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
- l$ N  x2 ^9 g  }9 o0 tbombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of* ~+ U% h5 [2 h* \1 J+ w
excited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one0 y$ c% C  G/ R& E. x
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.
6 b4 S, j% q& }" K+ g6 R. UNext morning it appeared as follows:+ x* _; c' b; ?" m# {* I$ H' U

+ V* {, g! i, E- {'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
, T# q3 F0 e. h7 x( [1 d; S"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
8 y- C: ?8 f. D3 O/ Z; A& i2 O' stempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
6 N2 i- h6 l5 f2 d) Oreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning, t) T, w0 N* e" N; _
nor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the
& Q$ d5 S% n) G  q9 dvagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this1 M9 E) a+ X3 S3 l& M  b
O-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
/ R  H6 B  ^1 a8 Sgreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it
( [  O7 k; [! K: n5 Uis pitiful."') Y2 _# Y( H6 o$ G
2 Q* V* W* y0 A# I  Z
The indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,: z% M4 v6 x+ N# o9 }" G3 |
I shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,4 U( L/ x* K: H0 t
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon
4 e6 S9 ]# ?( U7 I  Nhis integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his
, u( g6 s  P9 V3 E: L/ hstyle that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go
( h1 ?) N# m# A2 j* R( O, KBullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would
4 h0 d6 ]. W5 J8 d# L! Asoon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let" h& r9 _+ b* _  A
him see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
2 o) }  I8 v: `/ A  HBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that* b* C5 g9 s4 l! i  _
he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole  ?- v+ a+ F5 H' a& ?7 s3 T! U
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel0 |: R5 l( x/ C. s  j
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --% ^1 Z/ N5 Y: J* T$ A; e2 h
that would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
( o# u' |; F+ F% D  g- yBullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the
; m5 \+ x" V& pcaprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!5 V7 ]- W' Q2 X) i0 S
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy
0 I$ k8 z( W0 S. f5 o5 `- e2 jcould be.
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
% A% e  c4 _* Y" l; e
* P( ~: t- Y$ J- M! YBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
$ R. \% z7 ~, |Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
0 S; a+ H0 c8 lbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
/ a- H0 W  S; Z7 j+ G% {+ C$ T
  F* `, W  v$ l0 d'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
( C' S4 R- y: tthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in$ e9 t* ~! i' z  t: G! D
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
4 U1 w1 R# b1 {( D/ W7 L1 I( R8 h! H(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards- i) @- C4 o# T, F' P
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
+ H9 f0 m: R6 E4 M0 N1 Z, y; zsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism3 I1 W1 j; N7 I; n4 f* V$ G
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the) A/ u  I; g! i' H
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
# l: [  S+ D2 z/ r"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful" u$ U, Y& Y3 W
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
5 r  ]! }3 U$ phyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
, f4 I. A9 s/ d) [% A# knot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
0 C3 s2 `/ z. oservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
( P- f4 n$ j: E+ E2 r; _1 a3 X) l
0 O8 }/ _. A  b: xIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than+ Q. }( `/ e* ^+ F0 f* |
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to! }$ U8 s5 }7 u3 H# `  F, E
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
. y& U+ ~/ K7 x7 V5 S6 d2 {! U( Oto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that4 U" ]4 U4 \1 B$ T/ p
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
( I* j% N/ o( |- b" l: K1 v/ GI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the) k  u( N( p* d9 f- }
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
: S4 B6 W/ D) Y5 P6 d" Qunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
8 h  p2 ?+ W, l# M* n
3 b- _( J7 k4 ]6 r5 d# j'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
# h6 l  e) L1 [0 Ztime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
9 q9 \" a& M, _9 zout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old3 W1 W1 x4 w. \5 ?5 s3 a
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!9 b; E' R0 A1 w
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,+ ]3 U7 o( G1 K9 D
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,5 U& }# i! j' ]
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
0 R: s* ^5 x, h8 Bowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,  S, \$ W1 M) Z; F- d& h
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
9 E4 e' N' ]% ^Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your7 N/ F1 e0 l4 Z/ v- J
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor8 o/ B# s/ d; n
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
/ K3 [0 z2 o  Cso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
, s9 d( v$ {. k/ D6 P8 Mand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!'
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:04 | 显示全部楼层
Tired out, of course, by so wonderful a piece of work, the great
& `& f+ @& `" F& D, QTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to& K/ `' t; A, x' G
the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
% G  F) M! v) [9 v; w; V2 \5 `* A" w
% T( @5 f8 \( sThe printer's boy to whom the article was trusted ran upstairs  in a great hurry and prepared to set the article in print.
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:10 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he
) |2 {2 p0 A- S( xlooked for and found a capital S. Pleased with this success, he immediately threw himself upon the box where the little-o box were kept -- but who can1 K6 m% F5 `  B1 Y+ l0 e
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a+ Z( g  J& ~% v9 o
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single- T3 }  X' g0 O% x0 t
little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the
% T) p1 J. M: G& ^- ^( ycapital-O box, he found that in exactly the same state--empty.  He ran to his master.
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:19 | 显示全部楼层
'Sir!' said he, gasping for breath, 'I can't never set up nothing
! X+ A. K+ T( z+ f9 K; xwithout no o's.', |- U3 H' e: w! u+ Y- _

) b+ G$ X, N$ d, x. n& H% P'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very
) _% A0 z) @5 t, u+ m8 [* jangry at being kept from his bed so late.: n. U8 O* `5 J, c" N! M  M
8 x+ |# e* B6 y
'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a
! K- B, G6 ^7 B6 V  Y% elittle one!'+ j% o7 s5 x" W& U3 L
% O: Z0 A" U0 C
'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'' M$ [1 K4 ?7 g& k+ T% h/ H! U( [, f

# R: i0 b3 B! B. ^5 [5 l$ P'I don't know, sir,' said the boy, 'but one of those Daily News people has been wandering about here, and I expect he's taken every one.'
3 o, W1 L: P4 H7 H/ k) O. O+ j, j$ h7 V* {: R+ p
'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning
5 ]% W8 D8 a+ s' R8 L* U6 j- ~! gpurple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy& E* U$ t% J6 y) T  T) z4 z
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their
7 ]5 j8 f: `3 @$ a( E& |. ^/ ti's .'% K# h0 A- m/ Y4 B

2 c1 S; A% j* p# Z8 M'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,
+ y  I3 b, Q* c0 [: e6 t8 gI'll show them a thing or two; but what about that! j9 z6 J8 C3 y8 n
paragraph? It Must go in to-night, you know -- if not,  there'll be trouble'
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:23 | 显示全部楼层
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'& ~0 R2 r6 A/ e4 J
' s7 P1 G  P. l! G) l% ^1 V
'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.'
/ Q* Q7 g# q+ `# E9 m1 A8 r' }- R* y, D1 {8 {0 t- f
'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
8 H6 I. q* z# m; ^% O; usaid the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in1 a' S# c9 T2 K; f
some other letter for o; nobody's going to read the man's nonsense in any case.'
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:24 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
ok, from 7楼到9楼中的chief是谁?和Mr bullet- head是一个人吗?还是不同的人?
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
. w5 b4 L6 K0 y- U  c6 y+ k* |' Icase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,. K( {9 l9 d$ P! Z, w
perticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
# Z; ]( U% |9 X5 r7 _eyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as
0 t, |9 g( ?. f% Fis just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but0 P% P% _& R% p" J" |: K0 Z! D9 ~
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of/ i6 }. R- _! j; x7 y+ @
fight, in a small way.  Z! e" r1 c9 E$ L: X- q! [0 Q

: i2 s1 n% K5 T9 IThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
( \/ I0 g. ]  }. K) S5 b! `. L: sprinting-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
( L. o3 _2 l0 `& W6 b0 ^. gfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost$ s: {1 x/ _  w1 F7 A$ }
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
4 `" q, Q# Y$ @2 ]deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most/ E# @2 q. ?- P, {
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
- B  ^* F( X$ G& R' e% ytimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an$ [" i! n' k; V
habitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it" D2 h( x9 Y2 f/ K0 `/ p" }/ ^  [- r
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than) b. E2 J1 x8 [0 R8 [+ _
the x to which he had been accustomed.3 E2 ^9 t  \6 g8 `3 D

: T3 V7 B4 R& {'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read& T3 h" E0 C  n
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy
) J( P" [3 o3 H: x% C7 Gparagrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
4 [3 [( ?! b5 _it went x-ed.1 M, X( ]- R; ]7 K

, W5 q1 \8 ]3 n# ?0 \Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by' z! m& M3 s* W' n
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:
# d% W$ ~! ~: |; m# t
4 @, f2 u9 X5 U'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther* Q; V+ h# E9 j# a1 s
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're( v+ _6 E9 L  r" F* V7 n
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
) V0 ]' P' z8 {2 G1 Hwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
4 |2 w# W, E) [1 W( |9 ^/ ?9 cXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at
  O  d" E; ]+ `9 g. P5 Exnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,. {6 B9 ?/ W: [" J6 x* w( ~- a
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
6 u' F8 e; l7 [) @9 Dfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld! y8 z' w  d9 p4 k4 q" L8 \
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a, `! K' f% C8 w! H  _% [$ n
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
( `$ F$ G, k' s2 Icrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,$ L/ z0 [7 H( J9 J( H  k0 U& r* c
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld, ?' F, I- ^$ S! K0 K1 b4 v  e' }
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut  n6 X! n( ]  W7 ]
sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
理袁律师事务所
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is  @  o' I: G- k9 ?$ f0 j! {, A  Q( O
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the
9 m# o  r: F4 f+ }* g& ^! |populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the" U' k: y. w7 z& S
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's  [& U8 S" }3 o) J
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that
5 `' K# w3 m1 W1 f2 n" ]5 Egentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell# j! r/ R2 V- H( y! A' i
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
! N3 y/ \1 r' ~9 e9 `1 ?; \) v0 V* A1 g  r7 I- f  j/ ^5 [  S
Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length* j1 C) Z4 T7 U  n$ J  m/ ]
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of
" q% z0 \( z4 A5 ]% }8 S: ]) Vopinion about this unhappy affair.
( W: N2 z$ n8 X' f6 D" E. a( ^8 X2 @3 q/ k
One gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.  \) w7 T" A+ }( @- u* Q2 J' X

& n3 M" p* ~/ m+ n6 cAnother said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of9 T# }' O1 x- Y2 F" ?
fancy.
4 }6 Y8 A1 H* v" S
/ l% \  Y- R6 M4 CA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
1 d+ B! }# R' D$ V4 D5 s
* h; H% v& Y! Z- u( Y' Z& |- dA fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a# T1 l+ @, j3 @! ?7 \7 b
general way, his X-asperation.
  W" N# M3 a' F) t/ S4 n) F( i% t7 i) j5 ^$ R9 B8 Z) C3 U" G/ K
'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
" r9 p$ Y5 D; c8 \1 x' A7 }; o- E: U2 H
That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;- J! e7 y6 a9 u, a3 l1 l  Q
and in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some& Z. T7 v2 C: Z, P
talk about lynching the other one.
大型搬家
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:26 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
+ G" r, `0 M; N0 p" SX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician
7 s; B* E  B; pconfessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.
# O, T) ]( N3 e# p, u5 ]2 L3 Qbody knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly1 ?+ f# h3 d- ?! e4 C
observed), there was an unknown quantity of X.
4 U$ G+ e& {# z7 A7 ?/ B5 i2 I' t5 ^$ e: g/ B) v
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed
/ s: J% K& T9 I2 c& cthe paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it5 k. g. l+ `& C
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.  P& v; E  L& c: ^% ~( h* A
He said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,% B: ?3 @& u/ \+ g+ k) G
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be7 Q5 ?2 Q9 o' B# P$ G' x( ?
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually1 G) c+ }2 u6 h- D2 c* E2 _- ]4 ]8 @
a-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral7 i$ N" }$ b8 W: q. y
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in, Y& n: y" [$ N+ \# g8 T+ y
the X-treme.'
您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-3-2 00:48 , Processed in 0.094165 second(s), 9 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表