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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 , l: G5 G7 m& }; @* v6 N
/ b3 k9 A5 k- Y! q: w! kBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
) R, U) B# U3 y$ Q/ Q6 dTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
7 ]2 f n1 j, Y$ V9 c% cbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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! v% c; \6 u3 S( V# i0 K5 H'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
\" F; ]8 s% Kthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in* K4 N, _- S. H% g/ `% \6 K+ N
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he2 ]& `0 {" `8 q( v( m
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
+ t& C8 a" y! D6 N" o0 i/ \style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
2 K8 Q8 ~* z2 A$ w8 x7 U7 a7 hsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism: v0 [* m( D8 m! V
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
; c+ k, h( b6 \! w"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the2 W! k/ b7 k3 U" E3 X4 {* m
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful" W5 P5 i% ]- X, ^, F
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the$ d2 v/ B3 F- m, v/ o$ \
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly
8 h8 t9 N* [- \7 U# R- Rnot be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
5 B) Z4 W8 T+ R2 w; Pservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
7 W$ F2 ]2 x) zdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
1 t5 e* O0 h$ nall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go/ b- q" B& ]) ~7 e4 X2 k6 o ^' ^
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
1 G: m3 \, J# E% D, V9 `it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,4 {; c' X' \; D8 x. j
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
1 k9 G9 |/ |" Lmidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
) m3 w; ]. H' K4 A! W7 w0 eunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-5 U6 u! J4 ?3 b
! \8 |/ _# l& ~9 f8 y; \- F'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another# Y" g6 _) D7 D0 m; p& K
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
{- F B2 n3 x& t% }8 h" Pout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old0 W+ p8 b9 Z# {
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
6 C% G/ e- [( B: ^ _' z: U, V0 [2 l: aOh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,2 _9 R. M6 @7 D. g5 [3 f
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John," [& j2 _, q+ c0 t4 \# ], {" Z: F
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an
8 _- z E" b! e: Powl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,+ o3 R5 w; E, \# X6 @$ m- }
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a2 H D+ d8 F' G: y1 y
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
: v1 e( S. J' T. mcrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor0 x3 Y2 n# a8 O @" H8 r* K& S* h7 D
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
, I8 K% q' j# U& [7 m- S3 F: F5 {so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,$ [* t1 _% c% b+ F
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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