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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 - ~1 y; L! Q* h! ]
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great- b( z& O t0 p9 G6 ]% }
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
0 i8 F( a0 Q. X' Hbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:8 f0 U' F# s! S7 l# c5 w/ e: i) t. ]
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of/ @4 V: d0 M8 S$ y
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in! B! a7 |: c1 s
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he" P- h0 A6 v% Z, Y; D
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards6 T6 F$ l& {# Z: V' a& V0 `3 `
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the( F9 B" I% E' k
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism" I2 C" j$ ~; l k) |: k
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
7 U R/ G. Q: M2 |+ W"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
" t9 G4 \; u# ^ ^ W"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
+ D) \6 \) i; M" d3 Y2 S1 ]0 ]vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the2 S( ~4 k0 P6 p+ v( i X
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
0 G+ o) W3 ~! U. _not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble! N4 n+ d @' t
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'' {3 B+ s, i* R! I
# M: \+ U4 a. J7 k9 y/ o" d8 UIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
/ [8 o# {- n& z% Udecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to3 w& y6 a$ g5 x8 w) {
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go3 e1 e' ]; l9 S) v6 T3 z/ U
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that Q+ r4 z' e. x: i5 n! b. o
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
; p, q* w, h( I. |9 zI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
8 v; Q" g1 m# P3 ^+ _. y5 h: i' Nmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really: H2 @4 T. [0 } a" R
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another" t# P6 v0 |* g, a( O% | Q* G
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're( s) `: f* e6 A, g1 x0 j- S: B- k9 B
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
8 M, |" {$ c3 ~7 G4 _0 [8 Twoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
+ l3 {6 X, L! f: B& @( DOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
- l* y6 r$ q! x2 U1 ~! wand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,3 s3 d: u. R. k2 Y# N/ o
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
2 f+ Q+ _4 l% S9 N* R+ Kowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
" P( O, M6 k6 J6 z: `* x; Bgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
- H0 t3 u- o( _Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
. Q3 g. a3 G& l! S7 V4 q& o0 ^crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
$ B3 Z6 D9 ?# Q4 p/ igrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
' X- O; z) m2 Q& K/ Oso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
1 T7 h# n# D' l' U8 r, jand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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