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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 b5 G* ~# k; _( |& a. c! t
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great! W9 x; z4 t. m' Z
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
j) N4 \$ I6 S4 G8 H5 G/ p( |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
* W+ O; p0 G- h c1 I/ zthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in) M) q# |! q, j' K
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he( E7 C' C" u/ o. b
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards' I1 j5 X) C9 v0 D& @% L" h
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the- s0 o+ ~' C1 v" N5 ^9 H( N
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism. p$ l. r% J" H; N9 [5 q
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the# z5 C z3 [5 J, p* _$ g7 W
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the6 w- x' H9 ~, y6 y
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
! F; n7 f6 O0 J6 r" q- {vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the& ~7 g: y8 {5 A, i4 ^$ l1 z
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly5 } K$ G* B9 t" H. u3 n
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble* R- }- G8 M3 D" z7 O. {3 F9 P
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'6 Y6 g. A! Y# ~3 Q2 I+ a0 I6 Q
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
4 T1 E) ^( B. [- ~/ \$ `decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to/ P9 i$ G) ?, A$ g
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go3 N0 f5 e9 H8 c7 E% |
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
. l2 |9 C X5 ~5 i4 H. L* Bit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
9 G- X% t' h6 o5 a7 VI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the3 `+ G8 ]8 H3 l
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
& }7 Z* F2 i5 G$ m, @( wunparalleled paragraph, which follows:- ~' L! m% e# _. J1 h
L+ V1 E; S9 I5 A: _0 L. C'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another4 ?" w, q+ ]8 ?
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're5 n3 n1 W% r3 D- Y, E; |
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old% ?2 {' O) \ p
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!) S1 I9 l) |0 G0 R8 \
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
( K. {2 |* A! n' {' @( oand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,! i' ~- I3 o/ Z$ a
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
) M+ c1 W0 }2 |% G7 C) dowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,; V! Z0 A1 ] V! j( d$ @% P
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
) \4 [: M8 M7 s0 v9 y* K$ KConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your. A* M6 y. |5 ^& I6 t! D
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor. K$ c( l5 }1 g# X" I' m" D
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
5 H3 S6 ?3 o4 i2 ]: @3 ~so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,# R- J }5 O2 H. R8 s
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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