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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 ; j9 f0 w/ x I2 U
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great# B* S$ J; @5 C/ M+ t
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
. {) x m! X. G1 m: J6 jbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:* W' O1 y6 A) g2 _) Y7 C- j/ A2 b
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
" ~# S9 R! ~* M# c" I; Qthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in* Z: h+ s; ^* O
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
5 @, j1 f0 M! T3 B; ]! l% o5 j(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
9 Z) b5 f, Z4 L/ a. x+ Y3 Lstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the9 ?# b( U2 K, D" `9 Z3 l, R; `
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism2 S7 M z+ T* H# O: f
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the( Y ?9 r! j" O/ m; a8 C
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the Z {6 r6 a4 s
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
* E5 u9 J8 Q1 A+ n1 ?! ]vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the7 C) Q+ Z# P8 g% X# R2 s$ l5 e5 d
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly8 s2 r' u, Z- V" \
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
/ |. v/ a& O( K& xservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
k. Z* X7 I. ?( g3 l: z: C9 W; Qdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to1 ^$ W. A* o5 y2 ]1 C0 o$ _& H1 k
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go+ q2 d( u9 p& c+ G+ u
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
" Y3 C& M* ]! ?+ a/ ]# [, xit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,2 z8 m8 v% V/ `* t+ u" v6 K7 ?
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the( C8 A5 {2 V9 ^2 [4 \2 ~
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really% X% J2 l; E3 l8 j7 g a* _) F, ?
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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# F% L) m7 y# P9 p) c'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
, W! g5 t. }2 s8 ktime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
3 _# N9 l6 p) J$ D1 mout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
3 o6 M8 l2 w4 a8 j+ Vwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
1 l, l I) D% j, ?4 A, d; L" fOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,, F/ h6 @5 w: t. b |
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,0 u4 W+ m5 I6 j+ J3 u: Q" F
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
! ?9 R1 Y% z! `1 `" H; V' Uowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,. e2 I, b5 ?8 G' G' I
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
+ X$ ^9 A3 F B% ?2 Q+ ~8 O/ rConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
4 ~- t- ^8 s8 R) f+ kcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
5 H' u- ?; `( u' _growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you- z" r! G' ~- c& V! q3 N
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,1 c5 x% G1 {. ?( _5 K) ^4 w
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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