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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- U6 `% ~, T. J
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
5 W, l3 A2 U6 T5 K* q- A( Abut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:7 B2 A3 r: k: B$ c
, \, }- I/ ^# q7 H, Q: z7 t'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
' n' j- J' Z9 O. B+ Cthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
# |% z7 S8 q, x* g r# ~tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he7 ^) c. ^* C/ Q2 H$ Y9 N
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards5 {. [* ^7 u, ^4 W: `) B
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the+ o, R" S. q0 w
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
0 Y8 p( `( t O) J% ]# {- g$ D7 xof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
0 q6 ~# @6 ?% f# q5 B"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the" W H( S( g q' C& U
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful- V3 Q8 v* u' ^& Z6 L* |0 [6 Y% V2 ?
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
& |. |# f! I3 [hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly/ D; v) g' ^+ m8 n5 Q3 |, I
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble6 l0 D4 C, T5 f5 Y) b; E
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'" ?6 a5 ]- Q& H, C2 W# O
9 o" v1 Q8 \2 l" s- h8 T/ l* AIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than) M c5 A& w& u) h* K7 p
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
( i0 I4 A7 y. W' E6 v& ?/ [all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
6 ~; Q; T( s2 R- vto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
0 Q# _; t0 l+ `6 B0 w" uit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
0 [7 P0 x/ s0 Y: Y8 |I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the7 E$ ]) c4 B9 s5 Y# O' r4 B
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really2 |' i- p2 M b. d# O3 R
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
# q' Z1 ~ \8 w: B4 N/ rtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're, ^$ X/ D7 a: G
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old" a* h+ L Z2 t. Y6 D# f2 O
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
8 G8 f- i' f4 BOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,- q+ P4 Y4 ^1 \/ c3 ^
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,8 M. A n; M& ]. {4 B, O8 p O6 x- m* {
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an$ j' ?3 U. I/ q' B; m) p. `# D
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,4 i9 e6 } l( c! ^& h M! B) b
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a6 J/ O% M1 K L( V1 p/ }. K4 O4 @
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
7 ^" _; t( f/ N' acrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor7 }3 {* b9 y0 { z/ G% D! ]( ^5 L
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
7 |! \4 d: e4 R0 D3 X, J) Q2 Uso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
' `) |, U! O' f6 }' `" w/ Eand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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