.--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.

Each particular hue and tint _stands_ by itself.--NEWMAN.

Every law and usage _was_ a man's expedient.--EMERSON.

Here _is_ no ruin, no discontinuity, no spent ball.--_Id._

Every week, nay, almost every day, _was_ set down in their
calendar for some appropriate celebration.--PRESCOTT.

[Sidenote: _Plural verb._]

441. The plural form of the verb is used--

(1) When the subject is plural _in form and in meaning_; as,--

These _bits_ of wood _were_ covered on every square.--SWIFT.

Far, far away thy children _leave_ the land.--GOLDSMITH.

The Arabian poets _were_ the historians and moralists.--GIBBON.

(2) When the subject is a _collective noun_ in which _the individuals_
of the collection are thought of; as,--

A multitude _go_ mad about it.--EMERSON.

A great number of people _were_ collected at a vendue.--FRANKLIN.

All our household _are_ at rest.--COLERIDGE.

A party of workmen _were_ removing the horses.--LEW WALLACE

The fraternity _were_ inclined to claim for him the honors of
canonization.--SCOTT.

The travelers, of whom there _were_ a number.--B. TAYLOR.

(3) When the subject consists of _several singulars connected by
and_, making up a plural subject, for example,--

Only Vic