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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 8 g9 g# D/ r% p3 H, M
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
& Y' a" Q& X1 [7 }$ pTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
" y1 j+ g* _1 C0 ]9 W$ xbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:1 P" e: b3 L( w' M. W# E1 j7 [' O
! V+ ~6 }, [/ N" N# ^'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
' }( `: `5 a+ Z: u+ Z( fthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in: P) t+ l2 `: {/ h2 m
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he4 g1 V8 ^: k6 Q9 s# y" X* m
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards* r3 l( ]2 [! _! y" t% `
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the- y) q* R- }0 M
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
3 ^, F* M$ P0 ^" Bof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
3 o7 |# g( O0 ^$ N. I4 q) l! T"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the+ Q% j& H e1 D5 w3 E
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful L; F4 d4 N4 b* Z: |
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the2 l# ~1 S# j+ K9 W: T
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
6 j1 u5 x% G# I" H* t0 mnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
. k2 D! h1 w8 r, Jservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'* p$ x! H( u2 O
6 |8 f; C+ V( d# t. ], i" ^1 ^In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
6 Q U0 B7 f3 ?0 G- z7 M3 {decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to: O: o1 Y0 ]" h9 C
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go7 n6 G9 I4 u/ b& N9 z# m
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that1 g9 u7 J/ ^& y. j$ Y' d9 X. u
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,* V% m* g, Y" w
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the5 [9 I" {0 o" x8 |3 S
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really$ V$ F" \3 b2 r5 f c7 `0 T, S
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-- g: E, ^9 \6 e; a
* u, J7 D+ z" C8 d1 i& w0 H2 M'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
3 f+ I- W* J$ G. j4 N- a- T' o* t, Wtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're ~) k7 p, T# J% q6 @
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old/ f! O; c4 M7 W- I$ E
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
0 X3 {& A; ?2 j6 SOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,$ z. e1 S6 ?5 n
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
- Y. c8 b. [2 @4 j c6 sJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an1 ?( \+ I2 f2 V" k! U6 i
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,) P! X8 t; k# T& A: _* d% B
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
* i: A2 P/ y3 [* L0 q! m/ GConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
0 Y# l, h& G- o, x+ G" ^crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor0 n2 @4 g- ?6 ], R b$ M4 C
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you( N4 X+ k2 p7 P: V: k1 o; C" G
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,# [) ]) [ i' s. l- s+ {
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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