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