Note 46 — DISSERTATION II.
Reading edition
In the following passage, alliteration or the similarity of the weak syllables, has a very bad effect. "We tread, as within an enchanted circle, where nothing appears as it truly is."——Blair Serm. 9.
A difficulty of pronunciation is obvious in the following sentence, "This caution while it admirably protects the public liberty, can never bear hard upon individuals." Change the accent from the first to the second syllable of admirably, and the difficulty vanishes.
"And yet the labyrinth is more admirable than the Pyramids."——Trans. of Herodotus, Euterpe.