THE

FAMILY SHAKSPEARE,

IN ONE VOLUME;

IN WHICH

NOTHING IS ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL TEXT;

BUT THOSE WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS ARE OMITTED WHICH CANNOT WITH

PROPRIETY BE READ ALOUD IN A FAMILY.

PHILADELPHIA:
J. W. MOORE, 193 CHESTNUT STREET.

,
NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY, BROADWAY.

STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON AND 00.

Sweetest Bard that ever sung,
Nature's Glory, Fancy's Child;
Never sure did Poet's tongue
Warble forth such wood-notes wild.

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ΤΟ

Che Memory of Elizabeth Montagu,

AUTHOR OF THE ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS AND GENIUS OF SHAKSPEARE;

IN WHICH THE BRITISH POET IS COMPLETELY VINDICATED

FROM THE MISREPRESENTATIONS AND CENSURES OF VOLTAIRE,

This Work is inscribed,

BY SINCERE AND RESPECTFUL FRIENDSHIP.