...notwithstanding it is full of stately speeches and well sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca's style, and as full of notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach, and so obtain the very end of poetry ; — yet, in truth, it is very defectuous in the circumstances...

...knowledge or consent. The testimony of Sir Philip Sidney concerning this play is as follows : " Gorboduc is full of stately ' speeches and well-sounding phrases,...morality : which it doth ' most delightfully teach, and thereby obtain the very end of ' poetry." And Mr. Pope was of opinion, " That the writers of '...

...notwithstanding it is full of stately speeches and well sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca's style, and as full of notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach, and so obtain the very end of poetry ; — yet, in truth, it is very defectuous in the circumstances...

...in his ' Apology for Poetry,' gives the following character of this tragedy, in his lofty style : " It is full of stately speeches and well-sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca's style, and as full of notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach, and thus obtain...

...in his ' Apology for Poetry/ gives the following character of this tragedy, in his lofty style : " It is full of stately speeches and well-sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca's style, and as full of notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach, and thus obtain...

...gives this lofty character of it. " It is full of stately speeches, and well-sounding phrases, clyming to the height of Seneca his style, and as full of notable muralitie, which it doth most delightfully teach, and so obtayne the very end of poesie." Although...

...skilful poetry. Excepting Gorboduc,* (again I say of those that I have seen,) which notwithstanding, as it is full of stately speeches and well-sounding phrases,...notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach, and so obtain the very end of poesy ; yet, in truth, it is very defectuous in the circumstances, which...

...that I have seen), which not' withstanding as it is full of stately speeches and well • sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca ' his style,...morality, which it • doth most delightfully teach, and so obtain the very ' end of poesy, yet, in truth, it is very defectious in the ' circumstances,...

...lofty character of it : — " It is full of high sounding phrases, climbing to the heights of Seneca's style, and as full of notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach, and so obtain the very end of poesy." The ' Mirrour of Magistrates' which he commenced and sketched,...

...any very acute or discriminating powers of criticism, characterises this play as " full of stately and well-sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca his style, and full of notable moralitie." This, perhaps, is no very high commendation, though intended as such ;...