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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 + o$ N! u, w7 @. `) J
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
3 t: ]& a s& KTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
# D* ^0 I2 e+ U2 abut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:, J' A& I7 O4 A9 t4 j+ \
% }7 ]; x! A3 D+ T& ?) N'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
- y2 c+ _ p5 e( [6 @7 J/ bthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in& Q1 c4 x* z4 \4 y! j' P. {
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
( j) l# w; b3 U! Z9 H# S(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
0 ^6 W' f6 r, R3 h3 H4 e* g2 |( Q Mstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
9 G* w0 y/ J! d' D; C, Z0 Msupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism, X. y- s2 E9 z% M6 J6 o' W1 d$ Q
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the/ i: X* @% C0 X+ ?4 ]4 k
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the( p2 ?0 Z2 v: W0 c" {, D
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful; O. _# M+ d8 Q( U. X9 ]$ p% V
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
) A+ n6 ~) v7 m7 @) a, mhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
3 O- L! v2 N5 W9 Snot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
5 C1 S4 m( y0 \- s! ~+ [! Hservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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& W# L3 j* F& R! x1 ZIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
, t' d: k0 q( k" ]decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to, L( t: J1 x' W
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
3 r# G* P+ [% G0 `to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that# I4 R a* b+ {
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,3 `! R" k4 l7 ~% y
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
) a" b2 f0 Y) b+ d! V3 nmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really7 \( I6 @ E2 _1 @, q9 D5 Q
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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5 v" r. ?; R! o0 ^9 N$ A'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another) U, V1 F2 o/ H9 m
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
8 ]9 h, ?& n. A' s V; \out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old% f$ v+ G' n% G
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
8 B) i0 L! C9 V. U/ C3 b& ]; cOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
! E; x z0 c7 V+ _2 ~and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,, j7 c) `9 v1 C" ?7 L# J
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
2 I. t* O4 h4 |! Powl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,( d+ g1 {* P3 Z' f; M1 o- U1 a
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a, V0 T. W; x8 }2 `, {$ ^
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
8 ^+ N! b5 @1 b \7 B+ k- Rcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
" C* ^- P6 I3 M' p7 o- Z$ w# }! }- igrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
8 K" H0 x: k( L( @so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
( ^3 p/ @) o+ M- ^5 {1 Eand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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