You would not consent to that?—by whomsoever proposed.
There is a slight shade of difference in meaning; in the second form, "by whomsoever proposed" is added as an afterthought.
XXX. Indirect questions are not strictly questions at all, and therefore should not be followed by a point of interrogation.
He asked me whether I had seen his friend; whether I had spoken to him; and how I liked him.
If we restore these questions to the direct form, the point of interrogation is inserted.
He asked me: "Have you seen my friend? Have you spoken to him? How do you like him?"
XXXI. When a sentence contains more than one question, sometimes the point of interrogation is placed after each of them, sometimes it is placed only at the end of the sentence. It is placed after each, if each is in reality a distinct question; it is placed only at the end, if the separate questions so unite as to need but a single answer.
In many cases it will be a matter of individual taste to say whether they do so unite.
Is it better that estates should be held by those who have no duty than by those who have one? by those whose character and destination point to virtues than by those who have no rule and direction in the expenditure of their estates but their own will and appetite?