From my quotes of the day email today....
Posted because I had not known the twist of this, and because I liked the quotes.
Thomas Bowdler was born at Ashley, England on this day in 1754. In 1818 he released a volume of Shakespeare's plays, Family Shakespeare, with some ten percent of the original language removed. He said, "Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read ( Read more... )
Thomas Bowdler was born at Ashley, England on this day in 1754. In 1818 he released a volume of Shakespeare's plays, Family Shakespeare, with some ten percent of the original language removed. He said, "Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read ( Read more... )
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