text_original: "In Dryden's time," says Steele, "You used to see songs, epigrams, and satires in the hands of every person you met [at the theatre]; now you have only a pack of cards, and instead of the cavils about the turn of the expression, the elegance of style and the like, the learned now dispute only about the truth of the game."
text_transcription: IN DRYDEN'S TIME SAYS STEELE YOU USED TO SEE SONGS EPIGRAMS AND SATIRES IN THE HANDS OF EVERY PERSON YOU MET AT THE THEATRE NOW YOU HAVE ONLY A PACK OF CARDS AND INSTEAD OF THE CAVILS ABOUT THE TURN OF THE EXPRESSION THE ELEGANCE OF STYLE AND THE LIKE THE LEARNED NOW DISPUTE ONLY ABOUT THE TRUTH OF THE GAME
phonemes: "ɪn dɹˈaɪdənz tˈaɪm," sˈɛz stˈiːl, "juː jˈuːzd tə sˈiː sˈɔŋz, ˈɛpɪɡɹˌæmz, ænd sˈæɾaɪɚz ɪnðə hˈændz ʌv ˈɛvɹi pˈɜːsən juː mˈɛt [æt ðə θˈiəɾɚ]; nˈaʊ juː hæv ˈoʊnli ɐ pˈæk ʌv kˈɑːɹdz, ænd ɪnstˈɛd ʌvðə kˈævəlz ɐbˌaʊt ðə tˈɜːn ʌvðɪ ɛkspɹˈɛʃən, ðɪ ˈɛlɪɡəns ʌv stˈaɪl ænd ðə lˈaɪk, ðə lˈɜːnᵻd nˈaʊ dɪspjˈuːt ˈoʊnli ɐbˌaʊt ðə tɹˈuːθ ʌvðə ɡˈeɪm."