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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 / q7 Y3 o p5 d" X3 ?
3 I1 u3 n+ d5 m4 iBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great' l' o6 M' [3 A( x+ Q
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple% B9 u3 X3 H, N0 m
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
' z1 r% ^ e, F% h) Xthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
n" d7 l" W5 }7 ]6 m4 ^tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he9 ], P9 F4 a% |! B, K) c m
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards) Q" s3 H5 P/ a: V x5 l k! q
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the% V% k8 L4 B C a' p" Q7 A% p# Z4 B
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism; ?0 n* O: m; m5 }
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
3 T) q) Y9 O& [4 H"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
. ? ^- d- a6 ~"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful0 v; j3 y# b& B$ B! z0 v" n
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
4 w. ~- \4 {5 k2 i6 O v6 Jhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly: S: z; ^3 V% T5 R7 o
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble5 K' B; |" }& o( u. W
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than1 D" O# ]" z( s- j% ~ e
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
! ?4 j" u/ Y' m Q o; Iall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go' a$ F, C- s& [/ u G
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that0 h6 p. b: @% H5 v" B+ O
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
. l' \4 y- o+ F/ j0 JI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the2 s- T. d$ z# @
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
3 W0 ?# [0 C# R U8 |# ?unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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" d/ P Y4 ]$ j j'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another" C' @. ?; k/ F, { U6 ?) K
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
1 ?7 f. Q. g, ^" \7 q) B- nout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old9 O% X$ X# A3 B) }& z/ a
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!! ^5 n* z5 |; x, ^5 c, K6 L; l
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
# c: t. F9 x* aand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
0 b, V: |4 Q4 c( @4 |: ZJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
1 |. U* t/ u6 |! Nowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,$ h4 @6 v2 G3 Y; H, k
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a2 D+ {2 J& v2 |$ Y8 t
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
3 H' @" h, B0 z7 M9 q8 Ncrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
[! \- @, D6 \! Igrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
7 r: z3 f- l0 {+ p9 u% Tso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,4 n: V, I. N8 y
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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