Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society / Braille

Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society ⠃⠗⠋ 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.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

235,227 braille cells · 250 embossed pages at 40×25 · 306 unrepresentable characters omitted

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

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.