text_original: Coming as it did at a period of exceptional dullness, it attracted perhaps rather more attention than it deserved, but it offered to the public that mixture of the whimsical and the tragic which is most stimulating to the popular imagination.
text_transcription: COMING AS IT DID AT A PERIOD OF EXCEPTIONAL DULLNESS IT ATTRACTED PERHAPS RATHER MORE ATTENTION THAN IT DESERVED BUT IT OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC THAT MIXTURE OF THE WHIMSICAL AND THE TRAGIC WHICH IS MOST STIMULATING TO THE POPULAR IMAGINATION
phonemes: kˈʌmɪŋ æz ɪt dˈɪd æɾə pˈiəɹɪəd ʌv ɛksˈɛpʃənəl dˈʌlnəs, ɪɾ ɐtɹˈæktᵻd pɚhˈæps ɹˈæðɚ mˈɔːɹ ɐtˈɛnʃən ðɐn ɪt dɪzˈɜːvd, bˌʌt ɪɾ ˈɔfɚd tə ðə pˈʌblɪk ðæt mˈɪkstʃɚɹ ʌvðə wˈɪmzɪkəl ænd ðə tɹˈædʒɪk wˌɪtʃ ɪz mˈoʊst stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪɾɪŋ tə ðə pˈɑːpjʊlɚɹ ɪmˌædʒᵻnˈeɪʃən.