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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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( O3 V- j2 z; F# P% ]+ uBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
9 {4 E& R; W- I( f# ]6 \: cTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple0 E# N3 e% q" J) D, W& _
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
8 Z" U. u7 H5 J/ a6 wthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in# E! d& A- T! o5 e' ~) O
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
, B! ]4 Y) p5 z* c(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards# z) f3 Y# w1 E/ D& E& X" N% {
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the. R4 T; H; K* R' U% Q) u
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
* [0 g$ ]; {/ ]9 | l! X3 ]of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the0 R8 f4 @8 m5 s
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
% G5 W8 Q4 x% e5 K: P"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful( H; f; s; {/ v/ P5 v6 S. g
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
3 B9 m' G9 D% b& H. whyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly4 T j, {. y8 @( P% y
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble& A1 i ?$ T2 B" E' D& j
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'# A! W3 S/ t6 A# a
8 E) u: O0 c3 J& f/ h* e, ^In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than S6 N! a) Y* X7 q
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to& I9 B, W0 V1 f
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
2 N. x0 X! F9 R8 U8 N* O2 \) {to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
( g& `* l' {% ^. @5 U# Zit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
1 `- [2 F) _& H; M$ `+ T2 kI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the: b8 P# }" Q* j! W3 S
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really$ X% _# Y' x/ {' b1 |# D: I
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
3 W5 {# `# b& M- b! w3 |7 etime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
6 ~' s8 _ S3 e& s# r+ k% kout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old5 l2 d7 D! U# K/ b
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!- h3 ~, A+ o& \. d. L) r* N
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,) [: w+ }4 D I4 s& d" T& a% a
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,3 K. r1 {& n3 C0 u) X
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
3 k, m f7 @/ i4 y5 o5 mowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,, w! O, N) z0 z3 f! a, g9 k% S
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
+ b: o4 D; [$ D1 lConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your0 X4 C0 L% g( u/ D+ M% U; U
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
1 x. s- `4 E2 l6 W. d% ?( A9 Bgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
+ ?3 I! S" e# E& ], b2 {8 rso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,3 [1 A- v7 [+ p h( z% B4 d
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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