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it is (by a Synecdoche ) putting the Name of One Sex, to signifie Both. And 'tis for want of such a Word (which might indifferently relate to both Sexes) that we sometime make use of Person in a borrowed sense, rather than to use a Circumlocution of Man and Woman, by naming both Sexes. |
it is (by a Synecdoche) putting the Name of One Sex, to signify Both. And it's for want of such a Word (which might indifferently relate to both Sexes) that we sometime make use of Person in a borrowed sense, rather than to use a Circumlocution of Man and Woman, by naming both Sexes. |
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