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Old Coloured Books ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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67,776 braille cells · 72 embossed pages at 40×25 · 291 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠠⠊⠝⠝⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠎⠥⠃⠍⠊⠞⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠙⠗⠁⠺⠊⠝⠛⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀
⠓⠊⠍⠲⠀⠠⠝⠑⠑⠙⠇⠑⠎⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠎⠁⠽⠂⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀
⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠎⠥⠉⠉⠑⠎⠎⠋⠥⠇⠀⠊⠝⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠉⠁⠝⠙⠊⠙⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠂
⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠓⠕⠊⠉⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠥⠃⠇⠊⠎⠓⠑⠗⠎⠀⠀⠋⠁⠇⠇⠊⠝⠛⠀
⠥⠏⠕⠝⠀⠁⠀⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀⠽⠕⠥⠝⠛⠀⠁⠗⠞⠊⠎⠞⠂⠀⠠⠓⠁⠃⠇⠞⠀⠠⠅⠝⠊⠛⠓⠞
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⠇⠊⠝⠑⠤⠑⠝⠛⠗⠁⠧⠑⠗⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠛⠁⠊⠝⠑⠙⠀⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀
⠑⠭⠏⠑⠗⠊⠑⠝⠉⠑⠀⠁⠎⠀⠁⠀⠃⠕⠕⠅⠤⠊⠇⠇⠥⠎⠞⠗⠁⠞⠕⠗⠲⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀
⠓⠁⠙⠀⠁⠇⠗⠑⠁⠙⠽⠀⠊⠇⠇⠥⠎⠞⠗⠁⠞⠑⠙⠀⠁⠀⠀⠏⠁⠍⠏⠓⠇⠑⠞⠀⠃⠽⠀
⠠⠙⠊⠉⠅⠑⠝⠎⠂⠀⠉⠁⠇⠇⠑⠙⠀⠠⠎⠥⠝⠙⠁⠽⠀⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀⠠⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑⠀
⠠⠓⠑⠁⠙⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠑⠝⠛⠁⠛⠑⠙⠀⠀⠊⠝⠀⠑⠭⠑⠉⠥⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀
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⠕⠝⠑⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠎⠂⠀⠏⠗⠕⠧⠑⠙⠀⠁⠀⠓⠁⠏⠏⠽⠀⠕⠝⠑⠂⠀⠠⠃⠗⠕⠺⠝⠑⠂⠀
⠺⠓⠕⠀⠞⠕⠕⠅⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠏⠎⠑⠥⠙⠕⠝⠽⠍⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠏⠓⠊⠵⠀⠞⠕⠀
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⠏⠕⠊⠝⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠧⠊⠑⠺⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠊⠇⠇⠤⠇⠥⠉⠅⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀⠀
⠙⠕⠛⠛⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠁⠗⠇⠽⠀⠙⠁⠽⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠏⠊⠉⠅⠺⠊⠉⠅⠀
⠞⠥⠗⠝⠑⠙⠀⠕⠥⠞⠀⠁⠀⠃⠇⠑⠎⠎⠊⠝⠛⠀⠊⠝⠀⠙⠊⠎⠛⠥⠊⠎⠑⠀⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀
⠠⠙⠊⠉⠅⠑⠝⠎⠂⠀⠎⠊⠝⠉⠑⠀⠓⠑⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠝⠕⠀⠇⠕⠝⠛⠑⠗⠀
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