THE

FAMILY SHAKSPEARE,

In Ten Wolumes ;

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.

exemit labem, purumque reliquit
Æthereum sensum, atque aurai simplicis ignem.

VIRGIL.

BY

THOMAS BOWDLER, Esq. F.R.S. & S.A.

The Fourth Edition.

VOL. I.

CONTAINING

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TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA;

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR;
TWELFTH-NIGHT : OR, WHAT YOU WILL

LONDON:

MICHEL

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1825.

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Ensin

TO

THE 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,

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