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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
2 d4 @8 @8 w9 e k; _. W, eTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple& K2 w7 ?7 y+ E
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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: ~: y: C4 B3 |' F3 L. v9 T. C4 U) D'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of f P. z a7 K3 ]* h% ?6 S+ o' j, @
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in* X0 F C/ F" \6 e/ I6 S- Q7 U; j
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he, ]8 I- ]6 |+ c4 { M
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
$ l% n1 p7 Y, G+ Estyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the3 Y2 ?* R1 P% y9 |8 s1 ~
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism+ E. \2 g# I" L* g/ j
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
3 L! s9 r9 l5 |3 t( T8 x"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the" F B% [! O& H4 }3 q# e
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
) j; t+ J- B0 w8 f o) e$ \vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the! U' d' q" A0 o4 @
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
t; K4 @9 t" G6 a3 P6 n/ inot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
5 B3 t, T# S ]servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than" H) z. O7 w, N, |' K2 m
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
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to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
8 a9 g" P% ^; M* |it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
/ p5 {! D ]7 c+ O N' FI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
8 p; ] w; C- }' U6 c" W" Mmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really a* q6 _5 D# Q% v
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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) k' x1 l9 q' p4 a: N* U'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another% V2 G \7 ~1 i) n
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
4 T1 b" h& m& T2 Y0 P9 H8 nout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old- c5 [) c' p, n9 s8 I c* D5 u
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
2 i, w6 r2 I6 L9 i; DOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,; |( O E' X0 R# i; V$ s
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,* A ]+ f- V+ t* Z
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an, L5 {3 b, N6 o) h5 {5 g, @9 J$ }
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,2 x9 k8 `1 v* S# e$ S" D8 k4 j
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
% e z& v' ^- l4 |. @" D6 |Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
# ?+ j0 d4 F& ~1 v, I. Fcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor! s2 B( t3 Q# Q
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
D2 Z( T" ?% {2 |6 }# `so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
) I9 K" c3 z. O6 H" N- ~and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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