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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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5 b1 Q6 v1 J/ hBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great( u+ p9 ?! @0 w- M5 _# ^
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple8 k' D3 Z# Q! c% B8 B( T
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:" I' j0 ?7 h1 C% m
+ h: J2 t& d+ G. ?'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
! H& [8 ~; Y0 Rthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
& ~; r9 G, A; c& Ltomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
0 l1 x m( c( E3 H) Y1 u( o$ H(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards+ h! i- ~' R7 K: l
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the& |2 t# D) h9 X$ W$ u. M7 o# ?/ B" O0 X
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
2 f. j: D) {) D" O+ ?) nof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the# k5 j8 E9 _, ~4 V9 _7 m
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
/ n* b: m+ A6 w/ E. b"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful c* ]1 ^' A* X4 }# U( V; [4 q
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
. \ Q4 H% Q0 l( Ihyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly2 l8 h' g) s) G4 r$ O A
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
% T2 H, f9 U6 S9 @- I) z- yservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'/ z/ z8 K; ~# u2 e7 A
7 G, l2 W, {0 n; m$ V. XIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than `( k5 {) r7 I Z
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to# ]1 E; S$ e. g, k7 u+ \. p
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go7 S4 k, g3 ^; h! e4 B
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
. X$ y( P! I& r6 P, Xit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
: O( l' ?. A2 I! F% ~. S0 kI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the+ ?. o+ r) f/ e5 n& e
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really/ |' ^- n6 @& Z! d: V
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-+ d0 E6 o4 ?# y% o
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
: x: A8 S; C" _( p7 ]- itime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
' \! ?( L: w8 o% r& O J% D% b4 Gout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old( H1 H$ q' n* f4 {3 V" i- Q
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
# k/ k, Z8 D- n, ^Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
5 w2 s+ Q* o. J$ E1 y% ^and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
& e( Z! v% Z; m; J+ cJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an: o+ A3 d$ a" v/ l" n0 W
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
7 w4 E( H" l, @, J+ Egood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
# ?/ L$ g+ s- a2 k( h( A* A: A6 YConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your# y' i! u+ B6 g# j1 x
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor3 ^! Z P F& |' J5 X% q
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
/ j; q9 ]- q$ I+ E; X: K6 mso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
+ K, M( t- G# l2 |and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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