 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
& U. I0 }& I, Y6 t) }+ \/ ^3 s& Z* h
B7 m' m7 x5 y9 t- |% W* z! t0 QBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
3 T3 Y& H# q' e. {8 O9 K* C nTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple- B8 I" r( i% \
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
% N5 w( A& m1 e1 h' J
. F: p7 C5 `# Y# g9 P. f2 E: _0 O'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of9 b% f i$ }! ^0 c$ K( [
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
( L" N( U2 u( p+ E9 h4 S5 qtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
! [+ I/ T* r; {3 @! w. l M0 U, j7 |(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards: Y! t/ D1 i0 r, |: G
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
9 s: U$ P/ w0 A- Vsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
3 n' U; w4 _0 \2 r% N' C) Iof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the+ M, E& K2 V7 \, ]# K3 O: y$ S
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the' p/ y* {$ y) O8 R% ^% K4 p2 l4 p
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful' j/ c# U7 o" E8 z
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the1 S: Z, C5 ^9 M* ^! _' F: I4 S
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
7 e' x/ }# T, w5 z) G5 pnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble+ @+ J, [8 u/ W
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
X/ u: D/ k. f4 Q9 s2 B" d; o6 B! G0 Z$ |1 A$ A
In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than7 G/ G0 b1 U) S7 S% v2 ?
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to7 z. y) \; @7 C0 o3 _( }( a' M
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
; s$ P0 S- A+ k. ^3 hto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
7 N8 ]) w( C5 L* Z' x: j( A, bit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
, W- u4 Y9 R* i7 z! F+ SI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the5 G1 Y" ]7 A6 F
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really& M. u" B6 s1 [2 I1 \; ^, x0 \+ X$ m4 c
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-+ f1 Q& C" [) V; V
L! P1 l# B# S3 i1 ]
'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another- Q5 Q5 n. M5 L% Z r) Y4 N, g
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
: a: K5 }8 q+ n* `out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
, ]8 I: u; c2 z" w9 @0 }woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
' w9 C, Q; V3 q) I8 E1 lOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,7 n& [2 o8 ]. \. g5 W
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,9 `0 F B$ N. W& ]0 x
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an. F: B% ]1 i2 j, n
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
9 A2 F2 @& ]% w8 T0 k1 Q/ J) fgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a/ l& g0 F6 T' ^! W+ z9 p" B/ b) r, n
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your( g* g4 W# H# B; V* W: V
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor! p( w3 N* l: l, ^
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
3 z0 o: a% c) ]) V& Oso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,. V; R0 V/ J* ?) d8 N
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
|