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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 ?& e, `+ G, m: {) }$ o% u
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great6 D0 g8 e. ^; ]
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple1 t5 ~5 z3 V3 Z# J
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$ U- X% z2 u. w
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in0 ]& l) N2 f1 p1 W+ \- v& S8 h
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
3 G. w+ M" N3 n. e9 x) ?(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
# H% E) c% l, h0 N$ W" |; q2 sstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the: c, p# q$ T1 h0 V
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
: a8 G/ [7 Z3 Jof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the+ m6 d! L% V! w' Z; Z
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the$ z; |, g! L* S+ s* P& N( O! i3 {
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful5 p1 Z* Z& t/ j/ E* |' X
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the/ G. B3 U9 Q, ^* t* q0 t& t
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
; A8 A' S! E4 l% l! v4 f/ {6 Gnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble! N r) X9 F4 T) s4 `" r) c. c
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'& K( b+ I. i ]" ~* y
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
& G( q2 b8 U0 ?, }$ Udecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to* E: X. P q2 _. \1 B1 G, `
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
a% F- m- X; ito the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
1 ?# V+ p" V3 |( D3 u+ |& C/ _it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
6 `! O4 l" }3 M. ?I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
2 X/ M; \; l) l$ G( E& V0 Umidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
! }- k; \+ s, J- X2 zunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-$ k5 Z# ]1 |# j: p* {% J
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another( M4 y) J, z+ b9 Y* H
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
4 Z3 A9 Y0 y+ S) Z, l0 ?, Eout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old$ e! w x1 \7 [* ]
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!( B: u. r8 x: [1 \4 [
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,+ U% s( r. V) E7 h% H$ N
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,& `9 U8 Q" n$ E1 ^$ E
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an+ s) w& Q& ~- G" A
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
# R- o* I+ G% s3 Z6 `% N: A8 tgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
' U. j- \ A% b" G* aConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
2 c/ ~* t' i4 K3 Z% j7 V R9 Dcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor1 U* O" k( q3 k2 g7 u1 `9 r
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you9 @& X9 \ u5 g9 P+ q6 {% v! \
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,# r1 d/ C, I( O
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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