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...AN A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume T wo, the Pennsylvania State University, Electron... ...or earthquakes and tempests, the breaking of a flower-pot or the fall of a China jar; for the tug and war of the elements, or the deadly strife of the... ...civil regimen, or the science of politics, in which the several forms of a republic were to have been examined and explained; together with the severa... ...een, vapours, or small-pox, above them all, And mistress of herself though China fall. 39 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 And yet, beli... ...e laws in execution against a thief or impostor. The same will hold in the republic of letters, if the critics and judges will let every ignorant pret... ...n Juno of majestic size, With cow-like udders, and with ox-like eyes. This China Jordan let the chief o’ercome Replenish, not ingloriously, at home.’ ... ...RYDEN is a mere renegado from monarchy, poetry, and good sense 453 —a true republican son of monarchical Church 454 —a republican atheist. 455 Dryden...