Parliamentary.
"I appeal to that consideration which the House always extends to a new Member, &c.;" i.e., "Mean to make them sit up a bit, but must come the conventional modest."
"The Honourable and Gallant Gentleman has fulfilled his task with all the ability that might naturally be expected;" i.e., "With none worth mentioning."
"I rise to order;" i.e., "To raise disorder."
Epistolatory.
"Let me be the first, dear, to congratulate you on your well-merited good fortune;" i.e., "She has the deuce's own luck, and doesn't deserve it."
"Thank you so much for your beautiful present, which I shall value for its own sake as well as for the giver's;" i.e., "Wouldn't give twopence for the two of 'em."
"So good of you to send me your new book. I shall lose no time in reading it;" i.e., "No; not a single second."
At a Dance.
"So you prefer to stand out of this dance, dear?" i.e., "Trust her for being a willing 'Wallflower.'"