Explain whether the verbs and infinitives in the following sentences convey the right meaning; if not, change them to a better form:—
1. I gave one quarter to Ann, meaning, on my return, to have divided with her whatever might remain.—De Quincey
2. I can't sketch "The Five Drapers," ... but can look and be thankful to have seen such a masterpiece.—Thackeray.
3. He would have done more wisely to have left them to find their own apology than to have given reasons which seemed paradoxes.—R. W. Church.
4. The propositions of William are stated to have contained a proposition for a compromise.—Palgrave
5. But I found I wanted a stock of words, which I thought I should have acquired before that time.—Franklin
6. I could even have suffered them to have broken Everet Ducking's head.—Irving.
INDIRECT DISCOURSE.
Definitions.