text_original: One might have fancied that it was about to climb the obelisk; and this it would certainly have done had the thing been possible.
text_transcription: ONE MIGHT HAVE FANCIED THAT IT WAS ABOUT TO CLIMB THE OBELISK AND THIS IT WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE DONE HAD THE THING BEEN POSSIBLE
phonemes: wˈʌn mˌaɪthɐv fˈænsid ðˌɐɾɪt wʌz ɐbˌaʊt tə klˈaɪm ðɪ ˈɑːbəlɪsk; ænd ðɪs ɪt wʊd sˈɜːʔn̩li hæv dˈʌn hæd ðə θˈɪŋ bˌɪn pˈɑːsᵻbəl.