text_original: At the period now 26 HANS OF ICELAND. remote, and in the uncivilized region to which I have carried my reader, there had as yet been no attempt, as in our cities of gold and mud, to make these resting places into ingeniously forbidding or elegantly funereal edifices.
text_transcription: AT THE PERIOD NOW REMOTE AND IN THE UNCIVILIZED REGION TO WHICH I HAVE CARRIED MY READER THERE HAD AS YET BEEN NO ATTEMPT AS IN OUR CITIES OF GOLD AND MUD TO MAKE THESE RESTING PLACES INTO INGENIOUSLY FORBIDDING OR ELEGANTLY FUNEREAL EDIFICES
phonemes: æt ðə pˈiəɹɪəd nˈaʊ twˈɛnti sˈɪks hˈænz ʌv ˈaɪslənd. ɹᵻmˈoʊt, ænd ɪnðɪ ʌnsˈɪvəlˌaɪzd ɹˈiːdʒən tʊ wˌɪtʃ aɪ hæv kˈæɹid maɪ ɹˈiːdɚ, ðɛɹ hæd æz jˈɛt bˌɪn nˈoʊ ɐtˈɛmpt, æz ɪn ˌaʊɚ sˈɪɾiz ʌv ɡˈoʊld ænd mˈʌd, tə mˌeɪk ðiːz ɹˈɛstɪŋ plˈeɪsᵻz ˌɪntʊ ɪndʒˈiːniəsli fɚbˈɪdɪŋ ɔːɹ ˈɛlɪɡəntli fjuːnˈiəɹɪəl ˈɛdɪfɪsᵻz.