circumstances.--DE QUINCEY.

Between ourselves, three pounds five shillings and two pence _is_
no bad day's work.--GOLDSMITH.

Every twenty paces _gives_ you the prospect of some villa; and
every four hours, that of a large town.--MONTAGUE

Two thirds of this _is_ mine by right.--SHERIDAN

The singular form is also used with book titles, other names, and
other singulars of plural form; as,--

Politics _is_ the only field now open for me.--WHITTIER.

"Sesame and Lilies" _is_ Ruskin's creed for young
girls.--_Critic_, No. 674

The Three Pigeons _expects_ me down every moment.--GOLDSMITH.

[Sidenote: _Several singular subjects to one singular verb._]

(5) With _several singular subjects not_ disjoined by _or_ or _nor_,
in the following cases:--

(_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

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