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Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠠⠋⠁⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠊⠎⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠑⠗⠀⠞⠓⠁⠝⠀⠠⠊⠂⠀⠀⠶⠠⠚⠕⠓⠝⠂⠀⠭⠧⠲
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