re of great service in a language, as they contribute to the more neat and precise expressing of several properties and relations, which must otherwise be lost. And hence one great advantage of such languages over the Latin, in that the article being either expressed or left out, makes an alteration in the sense, which the Latins cannot distinguish. Thus when the devil said to our Saviour, Si tu es Filius dei, it may either be understood, "if thou art a son of God," or, "if thou art the son of God." The Italians even prefix articles to proper names, which do not naturally need any, because they themselves signify things individually. Thus, say they, il Ariosto, il Tasso, il Petrarcha. Even the French join the article to the proper names of kingdoms, provinces, &c. as la Suede, la Normandie. And we likewise annex it to the names of certain mountains and rivers; as, the Rhine, the Danube, the Alps, &c.

ARTICULATE sounds, are such sounds as express the letters, syllables, or words of any alphabet or language; such are formed by the human voice, and by some few birds, as parrots, &c.