and Speech therefore appears to have been exceedingly requiſite to eſtabliſh the uſe of Speech.
We muſt allow, that the Words, firſt made uſe of by Men, had in their Minds a much more extenſive Signification, than thoſe employed in Languages of ſome ſtanding, and that, conſidering how ignorant they were of the Diviſion of Speech into its conſtituent Parts; they at firſt gave every Word the meaning of an entire Propoſition. When afterwards they began to perceive the Difference between the Subject and Attribute, and between Verb and Noun, a Diſtinction which required no mean Effort of Genius, the Subſtantives for a time were only ſo many proper Names, the Infinitive was the only Tenſe, and as to Adjectives, great Difficulties muſt have attended the Development of the Idea that repreſents them, ſince every
