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%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
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%%  Example 11-2-7 on page 724.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
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\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.83385pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{pifont,color}
\newenvironment{coldinglist}[1]
        {\begin{list}{\textcolor{blue}{\ding{#1}}}{}}
        {\end{list}}
\newcommand\OnThe[1]{On the \textcolor{blue}{#1} day of
                     Christmas my true love sent to me}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{coldinglist}{113}
 \item \OnThe{first}
 \begin{coldinglist}{42}
    \item a partridge in a pear tree
 \end{coldinglist}
 \item \OnThe{second}
 \begin{coldinglist}{42}
    \item two turtle doves
    \item and a partridge in a pear tree
 \end{coldinglist}
 \item \OnThe{third}
 \begin{coldinglist}{42}
    \item three French hens
    \item two turtle doves
    \item and a partridge in a pear tree
 \end{coldinglist}
\end{coldinglist}
\end{document}