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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 4 t) Z+ i! `2 {: n' Y, |6 t
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great9 x( D& a' t- J, a" n7 f
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
0 K! ]) M( u6 Q, [/ W8 {8 v# j7 f, ebut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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: l* A+ i6 }) V$ i'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
3 a4 N- \" W3 cthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
' ^' w. H, x6 ]tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
' ]+ D& e& ^2 {+ y(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards; O' l) |& T) o: n. O7 [+ \' q$ b% c
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
) g+ |/ n$ X+ A! m3 ^" ^3 y# usupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism, i3 h- l* W" {: {2 ^$ E
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
/ B+ O& T) N5 }"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
y( e) e) O) ^% z: T"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
* @7 d6 ` |7 o3 u; [+ G; svowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
& i7 F4 s( n: [$ u" V/ G& Yhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
2 l9 P$ {- z0 T pnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
: M& ?% }% T$ x9 P4 [9 ]servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than9 r6 ~/ h4 U9 T d5 Z: y
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to$ z+ u% I8 `. x2 U$ }6 I' D. Z" V
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
! j9 p, s- X8 V1 T+ q) Sto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that7 f l: ?' F4 y7 o% w. P
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything," S0 i' L0 H, c
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
$ P0 ]' l; w3 [0 l1 kmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really& [: Q0 o8 T/ n
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-" Z, T. Q- I- s$ [
4 K7 t# s# T; ~- f& N- d Q1 ^'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
, n- i6 B/ n% S1 F9 E1 stime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're) B! y) x# u3 K
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old6 Y- M ?+ ~/ X: H& z+ E$ f
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
( `- e7 a# Q Y% h7 k. T+ C6 N5 @Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
) ]/ G: g' _4 }6 l- Rand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,+ f0 }" N! V6 z2 Y1 ~% b9 j
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an' f9 _7 B7 K+ [! Y! k0 e9 t5 F
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,6 v; J3 L! A- }& w* H! T
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
2 D' p5 `: b8 ZConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your- k/ k6 z. d, |7 L* |
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor& T8 Q$ I; N+ x5 t: H% |5 b8 e& e
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
" `# C* M, f6 J: Vso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,+ A8 a, L: ~2 y$ Y* n
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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