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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 , }/ Z7 ^ J/ L! `
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
0 `' |, D& s; t$ OTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple; e- B6 K* c; ?3 M( h$ e5 O9 m
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair: }, O. \# e9 \6 ?4 z- }( b
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of M, O9 P3 ?7 C4 r& V4 Y
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in; [+ O8 i1 m3 L( R# v1 y
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he2 \5 l; {% p1 z- p# |6 x1 }9 N! Z: _
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
3 R% V2 T6 i$ X; |1 h2 x+ O" Wstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the& S9 s& z" P) M- U
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
& Z% F9 `0 P( _' vof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
9 f3 x4 L3 G* L"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the" u0 g! X9 e7 y
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
+ o; l* l% @2 Y: i1 b& bvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the5 e/ k6 B5 y: Q# v, M3 e
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly$ r- h, }, _6 q2 _
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble: d+ o! _( A" D' O% k
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'$ e7 R# p) X0 C+ t+ T9 u7 `5 I" `# t
" I* N1 }! w! d9 |" c3 sIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than3 H( l7 M$ y0 H* u8 N! Z6 n9 N! }
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
9 u2 A( \. J& a% wall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
9 f9 C, Q) U- g. V+ d2 |& qto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
' x! v/ L- [ s6 @; D# B6 y/ J9 Ait was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
& f2 u/ T2 {' c, k. T4 d; QI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
$ K* ?6 N% a1 O1 K' o8 rmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really4 _' K# O5 p* @/ P3 A
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-- D( |+ r( W. x: ?2 y( G4 G
& q; S! x: b7 l" Q9 e3 r'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
( |$ w$ i7 }( Y6 H) u+ K6 ]% atime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
& _! {5 T" Q% a% g/ a/ s3 ~5 wout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old! {$ C, R7 m9 |( m
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
2 k- S" h7 f# C6 COh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
0 m' ?$ I! b' ~, {, [* i& G( oand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John, V' q/ z) a: h2 G0 K) F
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
m" W& V' W! i1 Dowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,- r! i C( t0 ?8 R; a7 L P2 L
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a @9 r# _, L+ {$ w. ^* L
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your1 T" k; \) v: s2 O d5 @
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
, _# T5 P8 d% t( M1 i/ d! ?growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
5 z, b e( t4 W% K+ Aso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
, E* @6 \ g3 ]0 E, gand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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