wonder of wonders in English

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          "ref": "1860, Recreative Science, page 110",
          "text": "Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate?",
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        "Expressing astonished admiration."
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        "Expressing astonished admiration."
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"wonder of wonders" meaning in English

Interjection