text_original: He was not only a man of his own country, he was a man of his own time. In the early years of the long reign of Louis XIV he came a little later than Corneille and a little earlier than Racine; and neither of them is as representative of that glittering epoch as Molidre; and yet half a dozen or half a score of his thirty plays ttve today in all the freshness of their eter  nal youth.
text_transcription: HE WAS NOT ONLY A MAN OF HIS OWN COUNTRY HE WAS A MAN OF HIS OWN TIME IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE LONG REIGN OF LOUIS FOURTEENTH HE CAME A LITTLE LATER THAN CORNEY AND A LITTLE EARLIER THAN RACINE AND NEITHER OF THEM IS AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT GLITTERING EPOCH AS MOLIERE AND YET HALF A DOZEN OR HALF A SCORE OF HIS THIRTY PLAYS ARE LIFE TO DAY IN ALL THE FRESHNESS OF THEIR ETERNAL YOUTH
phonemes: hiː wʌz nˌɑːt ˈoʊnli ɐ mˈæn ʌv hɪz ˈoʊn kˈʌntɹi, hiː wʌzɐ mˈæn ʌv hɪz ˈoʊn tˈaɪm. ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli jˈɪɹz ʌvðə lˈɔŋ ɹˈeɪn ʌv lˈuːi ɹˌoʊmən fˈɔːɹtiːn hiː kˈeɪm ɐ lˈɪɾəl lˈeɪɾɚ ðɐn kɔːɹnˈeɪ ænd ɐ lˈɪɾəl ˈɜːlɪɚ ðɐn ɹˈæsiːn; ænd nˈiːðɚɹ ʌv ðˌɛm ɪz æz ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntətˌɪv ʌv ðæt ɡlˈɪɾɚɹɪŋ ˈɛpɑːk æz mˈɑːlɪdɚ; ænd jˈɛt hˈæf ɐ dˈʌzən ɔːɹ hˈæf ɐ skˈɔːɹ ʌv hɪz θˈɜːɾi plˈeɪz tˌiːtˌiːvˌiːˈiː tədˈeɪ ɪn ˈɔːl ðə fɹˈɛʃnəs ʌv ðɛɹ ˈɛɾɚ nˈæl jˈuːθ.