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本帖最后由 rainbowfish 于 2009-7-27 23:33 编辑 % X0 J* z' P$ }1 o. j
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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great* ~( x8 X/ l) W
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple. _2 C7 Q4 ^/ t
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:% n& E4 R- a2 E) c3 c: x
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of7 N7 |1 p7 G! S4 f, J+ A( ?9 w
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in7 u, ~( [5 _" f' Y$ J
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he" @" w, Y7 c, N3 f: r+ _. G- T
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
" c0 [& l$ `; s7 X* Kstyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the& s) {: Q6 ~6 x/ @" N* M
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
8 z( E: \& v) T/ B( L8 tof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the5 t F0 V) ?6 V: P% J. g3 B
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
5 p' m$ j* t/ E' e- ]/ S: p"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful. F9 ?2 D( [& x- G% B* X
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the* i2 ]0 O! e w# b* r0 z, E: z1 E) Q
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly) D+ X6 m, G, C$ `1 ^3 k
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble. C$ N, y# h+ ?9 D
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'! ]3 p+ C! V/ u( t7 L
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
4 ^) R D4 Z; S0 i! ddecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to
+ ^- \; b# Y2 R- H& t. Yall entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
5 ~0 c1 T: d# u, T1 D6 Fto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that+ I! c" ` n" E7 x
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
, t- U, h/ Y5 _- k HI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the& ]6 R) l0 m- ]; u# r
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
2 S/ c, y" s" q; g. \1 Sunparalleled paragraph, which follows:-; q' H4 `4 L' J* V* d4 e4 w; j
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another
* A8 Y7 t b1 A. t( ]# i' x; otime, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're& x9 ?/ L0 U& U9 p0 K
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old* c3 ]% c( R& j# y
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!) ^9 H: S1 M- b
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
& }: H: r' q( {8 d% m3 Rand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
. [2 q8 a8 y2 F8 @/ P* u c" EJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an5 q: [. n0 O, Q( k
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
. y) w5 F- l% d, g7 ?1 Fgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a* \& z/ f' J# K
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
- W( W% y! S+ E& ?5 _$ Ecrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor7 j3 q* u- v6 ^. u) b
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
' [5 J3 E1 l. u0 o: y: y+ g4 Tso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
m( \1 w6 f- `and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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