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.
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,—