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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 & `& d. y) ^& w, J+ a( J9 A# @
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great! T/ N$ p3 P; r# |0 G
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
% |& `) {: C% O5 { u% ]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; K' O. P$ V8 q4 f5 r
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in n' [ [7 \4 ^" n* {
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he* \. l" E g4 K! }# D& u4 h
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
* p& o! x! l8 ^0 v7 e/ P/ ]style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the9 \' x( M( g3 M0 n" d
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
5 ^. i- z& x: _9 m2 k# nof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the! J3 R9 ]* _! x/ s
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
0 i6 {( W4 b# O# U"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful6 ^! Q* x6 Y# w! i$ X# M
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the0 E6 b, A' z0 X0 F5 K
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly8 }- m: V, n5 X) K. ^
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble" o7 ~" V# y7 j) q1 G& E6 O4 \( Z% J
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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% L5 O) [* t L* Y8 MIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than3 Y" c' ], ?& f: B3 h
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
, b# Y; J( O9 j- wall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go" T( n- R& y* H" B
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that: P9 e0 B' N; B& |. C# u2 ~
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
P0 U* p( }) g1 @6 @I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the2 O1 f0 o O i- |% ~
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
^- F7 y+ p( B5 M2 X% R4 s* ~unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-+ O6 G( R5 ?2 R Y. E2 C5 y
9 [" G* L9 ~5 v! K, v'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another) f% x2 M7 U6 B6 w9 |' m
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
) u0 J) Q( _; c6 z4 S' Kout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old0 [- }$ |. C0 Z, {
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
$ z, c# _& ?0 l3 M4 T! h# X" YOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,4 C0 w7 o' p. t! @" K9 ]
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
& g6 [* n$ b: d8 y+ o; U) R R7 gJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
' \" ^, |( j0 u0 c% j) K4 c$ I# vowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,9 U" l6 a( `0 Y- p, \8 w4 {
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a' z: y( T$ R0 r* u0 ~
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
5 B2 h9 E3 q8 Y3 C( Scrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
! f s( ~: n; i" agrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you8 w$ N7 |0 `- Z9 j4 h/ G
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,4 Z1 o# J3 W7 p5 a1 z' T# c, E- U2 t
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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