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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 $ A9 a- o, d5 H! ^7 j K
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
/ `9 `/ Y6 F S* aTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
6 E$ Z# C2 k* a+ g/ Hbut 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
* T/ s* {8 _% M0 f# @4 Z% jthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
4 [; w7 g. [3 |# B6 U% I% ] itomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he+ p$ i3 }7 o% e2 i( B# f& V4 z
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
9 ?) I) i6 o; O2 [2 ]style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
: c9 V6 W$ J! hsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism, \7 [( z; L, B! O' D& n
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
% T2 j7 Y, [/ y. ^+ T"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the' P* X; Z3 `* d
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful A6 O" ~" G3 k. w
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the" r3 t5 U0 e# P: e5 f2 ?
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
" r2 q4 L. L7 ]7 Jnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
( G4 i& q. C \- Qservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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4 O7 G: r, V! [6 QIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
, k' O' |) l1 ?" ~- i Hdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to, ]" ]! x# @, M+ `! N
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
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# U/ r0 h! \- dit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything," y9 h( L+ Q7 d3 c6 M
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
) ]: }7 J$ A/ Y3 b8 D |- imidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
' D* x. B: c* S6 g1 Y Xunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-0 R% q$ @+ c6 x' \3 b- T
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another2 g- U$ i( g2 v
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're, D+ ?- S1 \) ~2 P: v3 U: G% }# Q
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old, J; h$ Z7 E9 P8 ~& n
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
7 q6 n( U9 \" b8 p7 O% l$ |Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,9 S6 i9 M" w! M' R) a
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John," g/ _2 B: E. t3 w2 Y( ?
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
/ L0 q3 L* \, ~* v" ?- S" {" cowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
7 \7 R8 |9 }1 R% V3 s' Vgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
% X. J3 t' S0 ^' h% u2 i5 SConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your1 |5 M5 ^" ^; V9 d7 O3 w# J7 j* s
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
6 G/ e6 N+ O8 t3 E/ g2 |" p/ Rgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
5 H' q$ t: L$ S# u7 E# d6 D( Pso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,. k/ t0 [! N {2 f& y3 U6 @2 {" J
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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