1. I come not here to talk.
2. I rejoice to hear it.
3. A desire to excel leads to eminence.
4. Dr. Franklin was sent to France to solicit aid for the colonies.
5. To retreat was impossible.

(_To_ is here used merely to introduce the infinitive phrase.)

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+Explanation of the Diagram+.--As this _phrase subject_ cannot, in its
proper form, be written on the subject line, it is placed above, and, by
means of a support, the phrase diagram is made to rest on the subject line.
The _phrase complement_ may be diagramed in a similar way, and made to rest
on the complement line.

6. The hands refuse to labor.
7. To live is not all of life.
8. The Puritans desired to obtain religious freedom.
9. The Romans, having conquered the world, were unable to conquer
themselves.
10. Narvaez sailed from Cuba to conquer Florida.