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- o9 ]8 D2 R' a' tBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
& c- T q6 P; I! h0 ~ ~Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
9 R1 E. J+ S8 |! \" y& H2 Bbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of* l5 d3 _9 a9 S
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
$ D; G% y$ R- {. E- S; ktomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he( G# C, `+ A& N" p4 c, _
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards; ^ q( F+ }9 I7 U- W$ T: e
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the: V' e1 T2 g! L) N/ ], @, K! ]
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism) p6 V3 o( r `' z$ |) @, S
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the0 Z2 G- d, e+ C& `! G% v
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the$ o& k5 i4 @/ F1 {9 D) W/ F+ a
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
5 F5 U& g) _' R: tvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the8 n; W9 x$ X6 W4 v( _) J3 Z
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly! d7 ?, ~, w+ ]$ a
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
: T9 y3 A5 {0 M9 A& b* E2 ~* gservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'0 _+ \- S2 [3 s/ L8 I' p, b; I# ?
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
2 Y; p5 U2 d. ~4 Z }! J1 qdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
7 M( B; j6 f. t/ @all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
' S: l) p. Y' Z6 }8 o. t8 yto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
. z% ]& b/ H7 x* w$ i1 A) Qit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
1 Q- m% Y0 y3 t! `7 }I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the, Y7 Q$ E! e# M& Y0 M3 G
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
[) J+ B; k; G% ]$ q6 junparalleled paragraph, which follows:-# d7 {) v: Z* s: }; Y
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
& x3 D" y8 b; j2 ctime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're7 T% B# E b6 S. k' w7 b1 s' c
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
! d8 z( A' r. X' {2 jwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
/ q7 l3 E% j, { e% o' DOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
7 } V+ t1 X! {' f0 tand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,- A8 L& e% R9 [$ A
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
" r4 G4 `& K; X% howl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,0 B1 ~5 @; _# q6 Y
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
* f& x' Y- B4 E6 v) o4 e6 x; ZConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your8 w. ]! l# B! o( I' C- e
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor" a8 h7 I2 F# J( {" o! x8 l
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you, t$ S# N7 U. ?( V* f, Z2 A+ @
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,2 ^( C8 w- R, D4 P4 O/ n
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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