Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family.
- Thomas Bowdler
Which, Read, Aloud, Propriety
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
Regret, Parent, Hands, Shakespeare
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