| 1 | Don't take offence if my criticism is incorrect. | |
| 2 | I hope you won't mind my poor cooking. | |
| 3 | I' d like to give you a little extra. | |
| 4 | I know my dear uncle and aunt so well that I am not afraid of requesting it, though I have still something more to ask of the former. | |
| 5 | That which must be admired in the battle of Waterloo, is England; the English firmness, the English resolution, the English blood; the superb thing about England there, no offence to her, was herself. |