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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great/ _2 \" o7 ~( _( e7 i0 b, L
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
$ h; C' C- b: Y' z: {: C; Ibut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:' Q; j. s2 u$ z- I
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
3 f8 \: W. @" f$ X% uthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in% T0 D0 N% Z Z) A% Z9 e2 d
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he7 W0 j# ~: Y* m, T: s
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards, A1 l9 D9 h) h8 |; ]& ?" t
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the5 [* T) E, g! }2 h. k2 y
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
# g5 ~2 f5 a4 h& E& M# P) Sof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the8 s8 u" g7 R n7 S( r4 [
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the, e$ I3 k. R" s; H! ]
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
2 I9 m9 m( A5 f# M$ p! i7 }1 r4 }( ?vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the% o- G, A3 A4 I# t4 T2 t o& {9 U
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly* u5 K9 D$ C" \( U1 u6 s4 O
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble, z0 w1 K) N# z/ ?/ ^
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"', w* Y$ o7 L n/ a, g3 |
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
& ]+ F1 n& o/ c' q1 O- d. F# ydecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to. C9 v# K! |& W
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go, u* {0 v! v2 k2 c! [) E
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
' D6 E' F& s1 c1 e# z* u! Fit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,, d6 r0 P1 N' C# F- n' B: L; j
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the" @. u5 p! h: U, D) X8 V3 ]9 i
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really0 t( \; ~- t+ }5 ~
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-, K9 M, |6 x% d* q
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another# Z; ~- @& S' O* M2 M2 c
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
; \% i3 m1 |' q. gout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
1 z( w6 B5 p2 v" M# ~% Cwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!6 A3 _& J; F) A( ]% q$ s+ b! ^
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
5 H4 Q: f5 L% Z* w( Uand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
+ `9 K4 d' v. r: ?John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
0 O: \' H: B& e0 K2 wowl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,, J5 }5 h" G$ m) i E1 w
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
5 F4 {9 R& J" b O9 I6 \3 JConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your% Z b2 [+ g5 r$ Y0 q+ J% b- `
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
+ s3 @# K0 ^' d o/ R; Dgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you9 j3 H8 D' f4 o; g
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,, R3 N) g5 L% j. ~1 j- p* x- K
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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