text_original: The merchant, seeing his expectation so unhappily reversed, made an effort to retire with a most rueful aspect, but was prevented by the officer, who demanded the interposition of the civil power, that he might undergo the same examination to which the other had been subjected.
text_transcription: THE MERCHANT SEEING HIS EXPECTATION SO UNHAPPILY REVERSED MADE AN EFFORT TO RETIRE WITH A MOST RUEFUL ASPECT BUT WAS PREVENTED BY THE OFFICER WHO DEMANDED THE INTERPOSITION OF THE CIVIL POWER THAT HE MIGHT UNDERGO THE SAME EXAMINATION TO WHICH THE OTHER HAD BEEN SUBJECTED
phonemes: ðə mˈɜːtʃənt, sˈiːɪŋ hɪz ɛkspɪktˈeɪʃən sˌoʊ ʌnhˈæpɪli ɹᵻvˈɜːst, mˌeɪd ɐn ˈɛfɚt tə ɹᵻtˈaɪɚ wɪð ɐ mˈoʊst ɹˈuːfəl ˈæspɛkt, bˌʌt wʌz pɹɪvˈɛntᵻd baɪ ðɪ ˈɑːfɪsɚ, hˌuː dᵻmˈændᵻd ðɪ ˌɪntɚpəzˈɪʃən ʌvðə sˈɪvəl pˈaʊɚ, ðæt hiː mˌaɪt ˌʌndɚɡˈoʊ ðə sˈeɪm ɛɡzˌæmᵻnˈeɪʃən tʊ wˌɪtʃ ðɪ ˈʌðɚ hɐdbɪn sˈʌbdʒɛktᵻd.