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% y/ K; ?3 a' ^ y9 aBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great6 s m$ @8 G- V
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple V2 o, Y+ T8 ^+ l, O- t
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:. U/ S, I7 d! q, k8 p) i3 b
- c* F6 S5 I8 d* E'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
1 c# X( S m. o a1 x& J1 d) z2 A- |the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in- r! x2 i# l9 v( Q
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
9 G8 ~ ^ Q) }(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
$ ]( ~/ `) f2 r/ P3 W* y$ Q: H4 U/ P% Estyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
; \" w5 y* w- m/ N, h8 P# Msupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
9 ^7 ?% i( | A: d7 O4 F" mof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the+ |9 z3 n9 K9 T, J n" U) E
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
( @9 ^+ \2 ]/ P1 g4 z3 Y"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
8 i* T. V- j$ D% j4 uvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the# X+ g+ {- |6 Q2 j+ F
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly. y9 A2 w: U2 I0 _, `. J
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble9 F% d3 g, O. D
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'4 [3 A) f5 x; b9 l G, ~
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than* H1 j6 h+ p$ v. c& A
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
3 S( i. j+ L' L. s, Oall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
/ Q- X- {6 T$ o6 R' B, {9 _* Lto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that/ Q2 T: e2 `( `2 ~, W* P
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
7 x5 R& z5 c( Z8 Z+ G0 u, F8 ZI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
: L1 R8 O$ j0 p( h& Ymidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really: W# @7 `% }; e0 l( m& M3 @
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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' k/ S, A3 |0 d; d2 |'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
( e4 K9 e) \. _: ~time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
& C. i$ O9 |1 j4 x/ Sout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
2 ~0 m, |5 [5 l- f, i \woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!" V6 t3 b& ?1 X& @ o
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once," b& x J* F2 t
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
- I' [* ^* q8 z# A8 }" z, EJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an3 s6 N* q/ W. c4 Z$ U& h7 e
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
1 M1 w$ l* s8 r# h9 Ggood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a3 A/ n' r4 d4 w2 f
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
& `4 k+ L( e- e$ x* @+ f* gcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
+ @& {8 N3 h I7 t6 K: `. _growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
2 T: {3 @8 P0 p( _so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
* Y3 r, g; j: B0 j+ @& pand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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