埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 6588|回复: 12

关于X-ing a Paragraph有一问题求教

[复制链接]
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-7-27 21:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
X-ing a Paragraph—————Edgar AllanPoe6 U7 _$ `) Z+ t

7 _1 l/ {2 r, E" X& E/ l; G一篇著名的小小说,很funny。盼望和能读下来的大侠求教一个问题:Who is the chief or Printer‘s boy's master?
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:39 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 22:45 编辑 . H9 H( E# d& ?7 q/ m- ~

0 Y" d" I+ U7 s. }3 X9 r2 CAS it is well known that the 'wise men' in the Bible came 'from the East,' and as Mr. Touch-and-go Bullet-head came from the East,  Mr. Bullet-head was therefore a wise man; and if further proof of the matter is  needed, here we have it- Mr. B. was an editor. A bad temper was his only weakness; he did not consider  his inablility ever to changer his mind a weakness. It was, his firmly believed, his strong point.
  p! n/ q% v1 G" o   I have shown that Touch-and-go Bullet-head was a wise man; and the only occasion on which he was not wise was when, leaving the proper home for all wise men, the East, he moved to the city of Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, or some place of a similar title, out West.
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:57 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:29 编辑
" T$ G  ~1 X, B! v+ M
/ U5 r3 D, m# s* I4 y, rI must do him the justice to say, however, that when he made up his
  y" T/ a7 M& o, o; Y  o( @mind finally to settle in that town, it was under the impression that
! ?$ X. C+ C0 `# W! b2 y; Xno newspaper, and consequently no editor, existed in that particular& ]1 J) `' ~( E! _  T/ l
section of the country. In establishing 'The Tea-Pot' he expected to
: D2 D9 m: r( uhave the field all to himself. I feel confident he never would have: U. C; m- l% t5 F5 G- B
dreamed of taking up his residence in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis
1 q* ^3 C% ~7 A) u/ M/ _had he been aware that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived3 I& w3 a' v/ M/ R5 V4 Q
a gentleman named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many. k. O$ t. h) S! t6 v$ u
years had there quietly grown fat in editing and publishing the" I9 {9 G' N: m
'Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis Daily News.' It was solely, therefore, on
9 B# O! x: g! C3 faccount of having been misinformed, that Mr. Bullet-head found) e5 {; }2 [9 m. o+ J" C
himself in Alex-suppose we call it Nopolis, 'for short' -- but, as he
0 k% ~( z$ p+ w8 q7 N5 adid find himself there, he determined to keep up his character for0 S6 G4 V: z: i' M% _
obst -- for firmness, and remain. So remain he did; and he did more;
% Y* S: S$ ?! f7 ]he unpacked his press, type, etc., etc., rented an office exactly$ m  W" b. c- b
opposite to that of the 'Daily News,' and, on the third morning after* `- e! ^3 |3 W+ X. S( b" }( @
his arrival, issued the first number of 'The Alexan' -- that is to3 u. l; b) C7 H, ?- `* R
say, of 'The Nopolis Tea-Pot' -- as nearly as I can recollect, this* R0 c8 |* J; B) B( ]  x
was the name of the new paper.
: X% a& ~: U; _# Q# R2 J" G4 l* E: Y) I& D& f* |/ u% B
The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant -- not to say
. \7 X9 d- m% k* usevere. It was especially bitter about things in general -- and as
' t; J0 F# N% h' S; P  ^, Y  \7 Tfor the editor of 'The Daily News,' he was torn all to pieces in
6 |, p, Z- _2 O& n" x. w# V5 C% {particular. Some of Bullethead's remarks were really so fiery that I* v2 D: A& {5 J# b3 @
have always, since that time, been forced to look upon John Smith,
0 g0 j4 f8 c- c8 ~who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pretend to/ t) a( k- S! g2 H: w  }  A( c
give all the 'Tea-Pot's' paragraphs verbatim, but one of them runs
" k4 U1 p+ K5 p1 Tthus:
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
'Oh, yes! -- Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! The editor over the way
6 w+ I2 r! c/ b' Vis a genius -- O, my! Oh, goodness, gracious! -- what is this world! v# c# L' f# A6 r# K+ H
coming to? Oh, tempora! Oh, Moses!'" X: O6 }' v0 \  a
" M& X: R& j3 z+ E8 k
A philippic at once so caustic and so classical, alighted like a
$ Q2 Z0 f& H  J1 o& J* Obombshell among the hitherto peaceful citizens of Nopolis. Groups of
: B* M+ ]1 X1 l' r( }& Fexcited individuals gathered at the corners of the streets. Every one8 l% S& E, Z1 l+ u# [2 z0 r" Q" @% ]
awaited, with heartfelt anxiety, the reply of the dignified Smith.3 P& j8 d4 _6 j* r  N1 s; ]' T( A
Next morning it appeared as follows:& i/ }8 D! N4 e0 c- @8 S
" T7 j* x0 C; K: Q) `
'We quote from "The Tea-Pot" of yesterday the subjoined paragraph:
/ Z% I8 h$ V. g"Oh, yes! Oh, we perceive! Oh, no doubt! Oh, my! Oh, goodness! Oh,
9 V5 W- p+ I' B: v9 g6 ptempora! Oh, Moses!" Why, the fellow is all O! That accounts for his
/ l& s* O8 Y) Mreasoning in a circle, and explains why there is neither beginning
, G! R! V8 A6 g. |0 A$ u' fnor end to him, nor to anything he says. We really do not believe the  ?1 R; U  y8 U  _% s
vagabond can write a word that hasn't an O in it. Wonder if this
9 u) U2 ?6 f/ Q" mO-ing is a habit of his? By-the-by, he came away from Down-East in a
# V* P" o" m7 S! egreat hurry. Wonder if he O's as much there as he does here? "O! it1 }6 @0 m# b7 z/ N
is pitiful."'
8 }: d  s' ?' l% K5 z
+ Q, ?# J4 O7 ]5 q5 KThe indignation of Mr. Bullet-head at these scandalous insinuations,
' Q$ T  \' W- i' X. K# n# ZI shall not attempt to describe. On the eel-skinning principle,* w# t* n# V4 X- g
however, he did not seem to be so much incensed at the attack upon/ N9 ^% e% ^9 J+ }
his integrity as one might have imagined. It was the sneer at his! _; r7 }) L8 g
style that drove him to desperation. What! -- he Touch-and-go9 c4 i) e# H& b5 p, ?8 E0 R3 F
Bullet-head! -- not able to write a word without an O in it! He would  u* m( I, X/ `( R
soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken. Yes! he would let
) I# ~) B# D0 v$ Nhim see how much he was mistaken, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go
5 X% R. @( e' W& f$ R+ b/ K# J5 PBullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that
7 o( L* s( H1 c& }/ fhe, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased him, a whole9 J/ Q1 q1 B8 E9 {
paragraph -- aye! a whole article -- in which that contemptible vowel! d8 U+ W/ v3 Q9 J4 i& m
should not once -- not even once -- make its appearance. But no; --
7 X6 d  t& T5 Bthat would be yielding a point to the said John Smith. He,
9 y; D# g6 a7 f- Y! P0 p2 T7 E4 {Bullet-head, would make no alteration in his style, to suit the" Y' w. ]6 M8 Y
caprices of any Mr. Smith in Christendom. Perish so vile a thought!% n4 d& ?# V  E# z$ t
The O forever; He would persist in the O. He would be as O-wy as O-wy, M; `& B3 J. i/ ?" H0 r
could be.
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 21:59 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 2 D' ?! M  Q- f- u7 ~
7 g  o: F) n! m3 h; D9 ~
Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
& q7 }; o) b1 a. YTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
$ \: M6 e/ J  H* g2 abut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
6 t+ H4 S6 q) x* R( U, F9 e$ s9 W6 D2 v
'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of- C; L. K9 o* i# t9 W9 V( _5 X0 Q" T
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
7 G* e3 @8 V8 k6 z! o0 utomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
2 d0 [$ I7 p/ r(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
% K- |, a9 @7 d4 T5 M2 K! jstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
2 b) Q/ Z. r' y: lsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
* \" V3 p& P: I. Gof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
5 H# C3 B- w- U+ \5 X"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the5 L# B6 ~3 p+ I9 i
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
1 u" H' @  C1 Y7 w( W* O/ uvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the, O6 J2 o4 L' k/ `. E( a' H# r
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
6 q5 H! o/ g) [2 o$ \/ o2 t1 hnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
3 u3 Q( k4 X. j' q5 u' P6 u: eservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'. [0 d/ |( v0 @9 c% [

) v, L! e) `0 o$ X! p3 S6 a" Y' AIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
3 E" M# a6 `7 L% c; X& ?) ldecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
6 y/ x) n1 g& H  |. L. x  rall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go" n+ f) b! v, z, E3 A' H8 [; m' O! N# m
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that. s, R2 d0 N  |+ o
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,' O; z7 G/ F' b
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
( M* f& l! R5 j' Emidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really% V: g# m+ t! o9 `; d
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-  Q6 O3 N  d. B( J& u# G3 g

% _' q: e  w% V# y6 j; p9 Y'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another2 h' u4 c2 Y4 a- F4 ~! T
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
5 \) R' _. T/ s) K2 b, [0 A+ tout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old9 s* {9 E7 i( T6 g  A  |0 w/ ], Z* Z
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
) {* h, i. O" B5 {Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
" w& t- v8 @, ^6 h* O2 }: x7 Dand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
8 A0 U; J: d/ ]( QJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
2 [0 p: k5 z( W0 y% W8 h. _2 ?1 ^  Z6 N. J& Cowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,0 J. e7 g1 I: ?
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
  ~7 y) n5 d3 v$ w' s" IConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
' N  D2 y+ D6 `crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor3 J8 \, p7 s4 {2 v6 \
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you1 F5 k; ~9 C) R, ^
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
, P1 J9 s& z' b$ tand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!'
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:04 | 显示全部楼层
Tired out, of course, by so wonderful a piece of work, the great
! K% q9 V  A- ]; \5 VTouch-and-go could do nothing more than that night.  He handed his article to
( q' g8 x0 b; j" q, ^the printer's boy who was waiting, and walked slowly home to bed.
8 x4 Y3 P$ a! [0 W, X; a3 r% _0 b/ I
The printer's boy to whom the article was trusted ran upstairs  in a great hurry and prepared to set the article in print.
大型搬家
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:10 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
In the first place, of course, -- as the opening word was 'So,' -- he3 l% `0 Z1 e2 A5 w) [2 C
looked for and found a capital S. Pleased with this success, he immediately threw himself upon the box where the little-o box were kept -- but who can' u5 K5 a! p, f" ^9 r5 f5 G6 G* \
describe his feelings of horror when his fingers came out of it without a% l* l' ?  Y- m8 P3 ^" q9 {
letter in them? who can tell of his astonishment and anger when he realized that the little box was completely empty?  Not a single
/ p( e& ~1 T8 p- `little-o was in the little-o box; and, glancing fearfully at the' O/ O2 z$ T* A# e. a# T
capital-O box, he found that in exactly the same state--empty.  He ran to his master.
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:19 | 显示全部楼层
'Sir!' said he, gasping for breath, 'I can't never set up nothing
, l) e) z7 S, T; }6 ~without no o's.'9 P* u) s7 f' e  h8 F! o. T6 ~

8 O* b9 C; r' l1 M( X2 H6 s: H4 f) b'What do you mean by that?' said the chief, who was  very" a4 t/ [/ u4 E! ^8 R
angry at being kept from his bed so late.0 x4 D8 o6 r1 u7 ?! G: h+ Q" m

# C7 j9 d5 W+ r- Z( S, ~'Well, sir, there isn't an o in the office, neither a big one nor a$ o# f  }7 K* \) O. |' X' F
little one!'7 U$ a& U3 K0 a- a

4 ^' T/ `9 I! _( f* L. Q9 V'What -- what has happened to all those that were in the box?'9 ~5 A+ b! c" h- ~. Z: q; L5 Y

7 @# ]6 N9 g) k% H'I don't know, sir,' said the boy, 'but one of those Daily News people has been wandering about here, and I expect he's taken every one.'4 u& R1 H6 a9 _! m8 u; h" s

- f3 q- i- o% m# m0 s! u'I haven't a doubt of it,' replied the chief angrily, turning& o- ]+ C  d/ l8 f3 y- f9 z
purple with rage 'but I tell you what you do, Bob, that's a good boy8 k2 R% M8 |, x+ E
-- you go over to the Daily News the first chance you get, and take every one of their/ y8 S" w! D, y& S0 N
i's .'
" O; O; I2 ]5 ~- J/ c
8 C4 ^$ `* \; i8 q+ m'Right,' replied Bob. 'I'll go,  Z# ^: t% J2 m& U& h
I'll show them a thing or two; but what about that
9 O6 R6 S9 R! ^2 L! Q; u; Rparagraph? It Must go in to-night, you know -- if not,  there'll be trouble'
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:23 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
'Trouble enough. Is it a long paragraph, Bob?'
& k1 g  ^! p- M3 d3 U/ W* _: _9 _8 }! y* J" c7 J5 p
'I Shouldn't call it a very long paragrab.') n2 _! E$ {% ^0 J
8 w" `/ @& y( W$ B& @$ `
'Ah, well, then! Do the best you can with it! We must get it ready,'
) a9 B4 c) w; W/ U( E$ \said the chief, who was buried in work; 'just put in
( n  e0 _7 ]0 fsome other letter for o; nobody's going to read the man's nonsense in any case.'
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:24 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
ok, from 7楼到9楼中的chief是谁?和Mr bullet- head是一个人吗?还是不同的人?
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his
: A2 H2 c2 u; v* Ncase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
0 T" w5 `( }' h- \6 L- e9 k! u7 v" Bperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
+ d  R+ p! I8 @3 e& Heyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as  z) p1 ~% E% v* z7 h5 v- v! J$ D
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but
) C# L0 F& A" k, p; V) vtwelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of; s+ T$ w( p4 s! R8 e
fight, in a small way.
. E4 d- K9 H3 W3 h$ \9 R1 G: A, X, P1 H$ n
The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in
8 Q6 A. f/ l( `. c( L/ T$ \printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the
( W. G* @5 d5 F7 l7 E+ u. Bfact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost7 K0 D/ Q( w0 `, D% l9 n$ p
always happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter; a4 _8 L( F4 U/ v# H
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most, M& f; ~; Q( {
superabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old! Q* b, Y1 U& y: r% r
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
$ Z7 `9 [- h  b; S/ g+ N5 Fhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
; c# p7 q4 O3 T  G. f1 X+ R* k6 jheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than
. m* q) ]% }2 ^7 K7 z" x1 xthe x to which he had been accustomed.
3 o3 {5 @( e% Q8 P# T
9 U5 q2 O$ i+ i'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
$ M9 y  o. w4 Mit over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy+ \! D5 A( W: f3 u/ u
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
: U# g) B3 \0 K/ |4 }! git went x-ed.
: i; x- ]7 Y& v9 Z+ l2 W5 J5 x3 g3 E" J8 Q" \
Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by! n7 f* U0 a: L
reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:6 p7 i5 i; O; r; W% I* ?6 t/ A
2 Q; Z8 _8 X9 X. O5 e* Z9 a
'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
3 Q; e1 v, J: Utime, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're* ~) }4 F0 A' q  k8 J3 }& E$ j) _/ e
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld( m; B) j3 R  u( @; y2 \0 N5 B
wxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?* L: n; b5 |! `8 O3 P+ U0 d4 N
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at' E- @0 ?0 r$ r5 n
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,, a0 {( b  h0 f$ T' ]
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
% {9 ?( C* x+ k+ Wfxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
: e' _8 l" v6 @0 F; \! Z/ Tgxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
) l  d" |, n$ ?" M* oCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
+ `. `/ Z6 G, H3 z5 v2 Z+ }crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,& w9 J4 N' u  q4 t/ D3 E; z
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
. g! B+ r. K2 y; G' oyxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
4 e7 }$ X9 ~4 d% m0 ]sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!'
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
The uproar occasioned by this mystical and cabalistical article, is) s4 E* w2 O( O
not to be conceived. The first definite idea entertained by the( K5 P5 s1 H+ g5 B" a
populace was, that some diabolical treason lay concealed in the- v" r7 k8 |3 r# M- S
hieroglyphics; and there was a general rush to Bullet-head's% Q$ w& H7 F! m4 q! F. E  I
residence, for the purpose of riding him on a rail; but that$ W6 g+ o3 C- Z* N, J+ ^
gentleman was nowhere to be found. He had vanished, no one could tell# C( b. B! k* e! u7 x% D, y7 G4 ^
how; and not even the ghost of him has ever been seen since.
, c) y* ]* Y; ~) R3 y* s9 ^% N# t$ r% {. N% e% W; Z
Unable to discover its legitimate object, the popular fury at length9 }$ L* R& g6 J, w: \4 F! Q
subsided; leaving behind it, by way of sediment, quite a medley of! U& z0 I' I3 l. K# T
opinion about this unhappy affair.
/ i! f5 r. v2 T! i- ~
0 b' a* ?( X, F+ i( iOne gentleman thought the whole an X-ellent joke.5 y  O  B/ k( I
4 ~6 I" X" F$ {' j$ O
Another said that, indeed, Bullet-head had shown much X-uberance of( h# [) ?' c; @
fancy.* j3 g, ?2 f( x  c% W

5 H6 i# @. H9 ?2 Q# }7 M/ H4 TA third admitted him X-entric, but no more.
. G' S* g3 G" v  B+ L2 V
* L$ A3 e& f  P9 u" n' |A fourth could only suppose it the Yankee's design to X-press, in a% ^) z8 B8 Q6 K
general way, his X-asperation.( T5 w( n! {2 I% t* r/ {( J; d' t
; ~$ e% `  [( g
'Say, rather, to set an X-ample to posterity,' suggested a fifth.
4 P* P" ^% ?1 B, I3 ~5 u+ I
* r0 b& \# b. |* \# ^That Bullet-head had been driven to an extremity, was clear to all;
" P2 y4 M( @. `" J. n# t$ J- nand in fact, since that editor could not be found, there was some; l, `, I3 a5 c; H9 b. s" _
talk about lynching the other one.
鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-7-27 22:26 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
The more common conclusion, however, was that the affair was, simply,
0 j! o1 |3 T! [4 X$ h- H4 G- BX-traordinary and in-X-plicable. Even the town mathematician. ?5 f9 h# t, \3 O* e$ D
confessed that he could make nothing of so dark a problem. X, every.4 }6 `: |& {$ a2 T
body knew, was an unknown quantity; but in this case (as he properly
6 Y  y6 h) a) e. s! qobserved), there was an unknown quantity of X.9 J1 K% |/ x( s. K9 o, f! i
- \- G# v* G9 S- A2 G
The opinion of Bob, the devil (who kept dark about his having 'X-ed" \  B5 R' v" h2 z1 ^7 Z
the paragrab'), did not meet with so much attention as I think it5 p+ N" q: Q2 N8 w  K
deserved, although it was very openly and very fearlessly expressed.
) V1 H6 Y/ B) Y% [1 P7 c7 b* ]$ A* v4 G" bHe said that, for his part, he had no doubt about the matter at all,, y- u- A( O; q3 }& X+ u, i
that it was a clear case, that Mr. Bullet-head 'never could be' e9 I3 D* y+ P2 ^, ^* g: w
persuaded fur to drink like other folks, but vas continually
; k  A; {4 G9 [5 Ia-svigging o' that ere blessed XXX ale, and as a naiteral: b& p& p9 E4 o  Y0 K$ v
consekvence, it just puffed him up savage, and made him X (cross) in
) u9 G$ h8 U* W( {( [& f! dthe X-treme.'
您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-6-25 18:19 , Processed in 0.123977 second(s), 9 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表