These three bs are like three stars in the sky.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter
He observes, very justly, that from the premisses Most bs are Cs, most bs are As, it may be concluded with certainty that some As are Cs, since two portions of the class B, each of them comprising more than half, must necessarily in part consist of the same individuals.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
The gentleman who read Euclid, all except the As and bs and the pictures of scratches and scrawls, is the type of a numerous class.
"A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)"
Augustus de Morgan