text_original: He was a handsome man in the prime of life, richly dressed, healthy and vigorous. His appearance would have been most prepossessing but for a melancholy and discontented expression of countenance  there was no genial smile about the mouth, no kindly light in the eyes. "What have you tried?" inquired the sage.
text_transcription: HE WAS A HANDSOME MAN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE RICHLY DRESSED HEALTHY AND VIGOROUS HIS APPEARANCE WOULD HAVE BEEN MOST PREPOSSESSING BUT FROM MELANCHOLY AND DISCONTENTED EXPRESSION OF COUNTENANCE THERE WAS NO GENIAL SMILE ABOUT THE MOUTH NO KINDLY LIGHT IN HIS EYES WHAT HAVE YOU TRIED INQUIRED THE SAGE
phonemes: hiː wʌzɐ hˈændsʌm mˈæn ɪnðə pɹˈaɪm ʌv lˈaɪf, ɹˈɪtʃli dɹˈɛst, hˈɛlθi ænd vˈɪɡɚɹəs. hɪz ɐpˈɪɹəns wʊdhɐv bˌɪn mˈoʊst pɹɪpəzˈɛsɪŋ bˌʌt fɚɹə mˈɛləŋkˌɑːli ænd dɪskəntˈɛntᵻd ɛkspɹˈɛʃən ʌv kˈaʊntənəns ðɛɹwˌʌz nˈoʊ dʒˈiːnɪəl smˈaɪl ɐbˌaʊt ðə mˈaʊθ, nˈoʊ kˈaɪndli lˈaɪt ɪnðɪ ˈaɪz. "wˌʌt hæv juː tɹˈaɪd?" ɪŋkwˈaɪɚd ðə sˈeɪdʒ.