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... remind me of our Milton's Pandemonium , where the demons are represented dispersed in picturesque parties , playing the devil in earnest : ' Others apart , sat on a hill retired , In thoughts more elevate , and reason'd high .
... remind me of our Milton's Pandemonium , where the demons are represented dispersed in picturesque parties , playing the devil in earnest : ' Others apart , sat on a hill retired , In thoughts more elevate , and reason'd high .
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