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Popular Amusements ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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