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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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) }7 B, G7 @0 e- k$ K& oBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great( j7 L1 `/ c, h( m4 m& e3 Z7 a
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
/ ]" v3 \% M: [but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:+ Z E c3 n) ?. u9 [0 x" l4 s
3 Q( j0 r. L, u4 z( V'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
$ j5 B. u A- I) y# y1 Kthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
' }( e/ F3 ~- ^1 atomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
# `. e+ E3 N* m4 @0 P6 A(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
" w/ C9 {/ v5 L rstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
6 v7 u" i3 K" {8 [supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism. u! o* l4 l- I0 X* y( }
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the4 |% E7 \& x' x! E4 f
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
: V I- o/ x6 D! j0 i1 p) B"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful* A% U8 G# l* E
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the. I4 G( r, U$ C& K+ U4 s+ F
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
! E; ~/ Z- l) L4 H1 w$ }4 i* anot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble* j4 f9 F: j6 a, S7 i: N+ V2 @
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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& O$ V! U1 _* {, `In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than2 V; q3 V9 X, ?. F$ V, X
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
% c3 l! q) l# |" Lall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go- w" ]; Y1 \; P8 t
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that: ~& N0 \6 W5 ^+ b
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,. ?3 m2 V' k9 @5 F K/ q
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the4 S7 Y2 s4 T9 j, ?
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
6 i8 A; h3 [- A* U6 Wunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
& Z9 z9 d# I1 M6 ?/ e2 `9 ]( C% d. N0 Atime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
' O6 ^7 ^5 c9 E& O# T6 Iout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old5 n3 e8 \3 b1 ?+ I4 }5 _9 w
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
1 \; \7 ]2 R$ ]- z7 P) HOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,9 F4 k, ]9 f, n6 w" y
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
! W; E9 A% v6 R& o! bJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an7 o' A! Q1 E9 S3 z8 S9 Q
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
8 A# Y* ]$ [( G& Vgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a. ~ d! g0 A( O5 r, o
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your' ~3 Y+ {( `9 R; d6 U0 O
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
6 x1 I& n. D4 q+ M) p [* J0 Cgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
6 A U# H7 R+ \so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
0 K7 P" R# O& J* Hand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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