The strength and glare of each [color] is considerably
     abated.—­BURKE

     To imagine that debating and logic is the triumph.—­CARLYLE

     In a world where even to fold and seal a letter adroitly is not
     the least of accomplishments.—­DE QUINCEY

     The genius and merit of a rising poet was celebrated.—­GIBBON.

     When the cause of ages and the fate of nations hangs upon the
     thread of a debate.—­J.Q.  ADAMS.

(b) Not joined by a conjunction, but each one emphatic, or considered as appositional; for example,—­

     The unbought grace of life, the cheap defense of nations, the
     nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is
     gone.—­BURKE.

     A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth,
     a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss.—­EMERSON

     The author, the wit, the partisan, the fine gentleman, does not
     take the place of the man.—­Id.

     To receive presents or a bribe, to be guilty of collusion in any
     way with a suitor, was punished, in a judge, with
     death.—­PRESCOTT.

[Sidenote:  Subjects after the verb.]

This use of several subjects with a singular verb is especially frequent when the subjects are after the verb; as,—­

     There is a right and a wrong in them.—­M ARNOLD.

     There is a moving tone of voice, an impassioned countenance, an
     agitated gesture.—­BURKE

     There was a steel headpiece, a cuirass, a gorget, and greaves,
     with a pair of gauntlets and a sword hanging beneath.—­HAWTHORNE.

     Then comes the “Why, sir!” and the “What then, sir?” and the
     “No, sir!”—­MACAULAY.

     For wide is heard the thundering fray,
     The rout, the ruin, the dismay. 
     —­SCOTT.

(c) Joined by as well as (in this case the verb agrees with the first of the two, no matter if the second is plural); thus,—­

     Asia, as well as Europe, was dazzled.—­MACAULAY.

     The oldest, as well as the newest, wine
     Begins to stir itself. 
     —­LONGFELLOW.

     Her back, as well as sides, was like to crack.—­BUTLER.

     The Epic, as well as the Drama, is divided into tragedy and
     Comedy.—­FIELDING

(d) When each of two or more singular subjects is preceded by every, each, no, many a, and such like adjectives.

     Every fop, every boor, every valet, is a man of wit.—­MACAULAY.

     Every sound, every echo, was listened to for five hours.—­DE
     QUINCEY

     Every dome and hollow has the figure of Christ.—­RUSKIN.