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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 * q+ Y& w: i# b8 `7 W! H( A9 n& W
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
" h( a) H6 g9 ]4 m) u5 t& U3 XTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple. I6 L7 M9 L8 ^ `) j6 O
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:6 r( z1 c( Z, Y9 [/ H
J; m0 v8 t9 O3 e1 I. v'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
0 Y, Z3 j/ m1 Bthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in( c" c+ \* I3 U3 M! ]/ W! F5 W- r
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
2 E5 o# @& }& g P* P) }2 U" g(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
; @8 \' A4 o5 W Q. }0 |( d4 Pstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
* |/ D3 K' K# X' Z- csupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism8 P3 A3 g% |. `9 N6 u) E4 q
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
# \1 M$ l6 R7 h9 U"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the5 V0 y: e0 G7 m: `
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
* e# v" {' I6 Zvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
2 W3 T u% z/ V1 |$ `6 i S9 thyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly+ t5 V: S' u! c0 V9 d; P2 _
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
$ W j% a8 M4 }* c `; l5 t' C7 S1 nservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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P8 E2 H( k, a. n3 `$ R" i# l) SIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
" x* o* j( B- D; `decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
) r, I6 R+ w0 W/ Fall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go$ h! P; R, {7 d& k* n ?
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that' B& e# e+ S& ]" V4 D% I( n( {
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,, a# n- r# J' ]4 V7 t: u$ \, I
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the0 Z% R2 h% m; u. R) H% C1 B
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really$ f4 @# h+ ?7 u. y6 U3 p; `
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
' j; y* k, q, C8 xtime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
M% n: k5 e, iout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old1 ] b; }& y3 O$ a
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!$ W$ w% }/ }# { ]
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,9 ?& o! F/ w' C, o/ M4 e
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,7 i: p+ D3 B+ H- ?
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an+ W( E) o c, a g+ j# |
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
% ~" N9 L- h1 g+ jgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
, z9 D2 F8 ^9 q" I2 ]- [; b- [9 u6 aConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your$ P; b8 @" A7 l+ a1 j6 D
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
3 j, m" ]3 g" Hgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you: A/ ?7 O. k$ [; n
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,6 a- n* x# w2 Z* t$ \
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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