text_original: His style becomes quintessential when he speaks of the stage, as in that tiny masterpiece, _On the Acting of Munden_, which ends the book of _Elia_, with its great close, the Beethoven soft wondering close, after all the surges: 'He understands a leg of mutton in its quiddity. He stands wondering, amid the commonplace materials of life, like primeval man with the sun and stars about him.'
text_transcription: HIS STYLE BECOMES QUIT ESSENTIAL WHEN HE SPEAKS OF THE STAGE AS IN THAT TINY MASTERPIECE ON THE ACTING OF LONDON WHICH ENDS THE BOOK OF ELIA WITH ITS GREAT CLOTHES THE BEETHOVEN SOFT WANDERING CLOTHES AFTER ALL THE SURGES HE UNDERSTANDS A LEG OF MUTTON IN ITS QUIDDITY HE STANDS WONDERING AMID THE COMMONPLACE MATERIALS OF LIFE LIKE PRIMEVAL MAN WITH THE SUN AND STARS ABOUT HIM
phonemes: hɪz stˈaɪl bɪkˌʌmz kwˌɪntɪsˈɛnʃəl wɛn hiː spˈiːks ʌvðə stˈeɪdʒ, æz ɪn ðæt tˈaɪni mˈæstɚpˌiːs, ɔnðɪ ˈæktɪŋ ʌv mˈʌndən, wˌɪtʃ ˈɛndz ðə bˈʊk ʌv ᵻlˈɪə, wɪð ɪts ɡɹˈeɪt klˈoʊs, ðə bˈeɪtoʊvən sˈɔft wˈʌndɚɹɪŋ klˈoʊs, ˈæftɚɹ ˈɔːl ðə sˈɜːdʒᵻz: hiː ˌʌndɚstˈændz ɐ lˈɛɡ ʌv mˈʌʔn̩ ɪn ɪts kwˈɪdᵻɾi. hiː stˈændz wˈʌndɚɹɪŋ, ɐmˈɪd ðə kˈɑːmənplˌeɪs mətˈɪɹiəlz ʌv lˈaɪf, lˈaɪk pɹaɪmˈiːvəl mˈæn wɪððə sˈʌn ænd stˈɑːɹz ɐbˈaʊt hˌɪm.