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Thomas Bowdler Quotes

Type:
Scientist Quotes
Category:
English Scientist Quotes
Date of Birth:
July 11, 1754
Date of Death:
February 24, 1825
Nationality:
English
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I acknowledge Shakespeare to be the world's greatest dramatic poet, but regret that no parent could place the uncorrected book in the hands of his daughter, and therefore I have prepared the Family Shakespeare.
Thomas Bowdler

Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family.
Thomas Bowdler


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