(a) Joined by and, but considered as meaning about the same thing, or as making up one general idea; as,—
In a word, all his conversation and knowledge has been in the female world—Addison.
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