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