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Again, we have syllables which
produce such a harsh effect by ending in B and
D, that many, not, it is true, of our most ancient
writers, but still writers of considerable antiquity,
have attempted to mitigate the harshness not merely
by saying aversa for abversa, but by adding an S
to the preposition ab, although S is an ugly letter
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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