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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 & j1 X- E1 n3 }" c( ^5 P& n
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great2 a0 b4 ^, ` n
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple/ h$ z6 G2 v, m7 q' ?
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:6 g6 _ v. T3 m9 B
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of* ~$ \) e9 J) X
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in! u/ X: P& O1 e: }: R: }! V
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he) C4 L! k0 o1 Y' j! a
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
2 i6 J/ m. |# X0 l6 k4 b. jstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
; v& E3 u. W" R$ hsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism, c9 K: B6 u- Y# t+ W& |- M. y3 x
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the2 K/ p4 S5 Z5 ?
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the0 T, I) J4 a6 J
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful/ i9 J/ \3 U, L9 P0 c
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the; c! Y9 A; ^: W
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly; d0 I: W6 u) V$ G8 F
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble0 T/ m% t: q( i+ N5 {* y8 L1 N
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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# V% s" {/ G7 p _" F, C& G& ZIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than0 w0 |4 ?. p. H$ D# d( P) \
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
$ ]9 r1 y, _$ Q# r% V, ^$ o/ fall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go% l$ @6 W1 O; a2 G( v8 C
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
1 Y) ?" A, z& I. S. X0 iit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
6 h+ G' ~1 b/ |; EI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the& A/ \& h, U9 c4 h
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really& Z0 @' c( ^; b4 n* k/ T1 a: I
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-' t0 A2 g3 V0 `# R' p2 @) u
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
% l2 S$ }7 V5 z8 Z! Vtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're+ M" w# y% j4 O
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
* p3 D5 ]% J7 Y, K# v3 n( m% N9 l& h. uwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
0 T8 g* ?* Q, |1 Y" }5 J& _Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,; d* g7 |7 N, Y. L7 |- g. q
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,, o6 Q) c1 A# Y5 E
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
/ ~* e& `$ W+ nowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,0 n% B# M: z' L8 E* B/ l% @
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
# u8 N3 @# B; [0 ~8 OConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your6 B3 i' G* [' M. w2 f; j& Y; ~9 X
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
6 z; r" N9 n9 t# r/ \growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you( Z1 K) I4 E( H" j
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
2 c+ p; A& a+ Qand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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