Pag. Ch. attended to.-Defect of the ancient Perfian language in this refpect.— Defect of the languages of the South Sea in point of variety of found.—A perfect language must be sweet in the found, as well as various, but not too fweet of found.-The barbarous languages defective in this, being too vocal. The words must not be too fhort.-The Barbarous languages go to another extreme.-The found of a language much raifed by the ufe of diphthongs.-The Barbarous languages defective in this.-The difference of fpirits in pronunciation makes an agreeable variety.-This the Barbarous langu res have.-The quantity of fyllables, or the rhythm, makes another variety.-This fome of the Barbarous languages have.-Of the melody of language.-Some languages of Savage nations have melody, 2. Words confidered as fignificant.—In a language of art there must be of them a fufficient number to exprefs all 4 |