text_original: He had been proud of his boy's beauty and proud of his surpassing intellectual qualities; and when Percy had decided that he would not sail in the brig as one of her crew  that he could not find it in his heart to become a smuggler  the chieftain had seen the curate of the village church, a finished scholar, and engaged him to be private tutor to his boy. And so it had been. Strangely enough, the mother had fought against all this.
text_transcription: HE HAD BEEN PROUD OF HIS BOY'S BEAUTY AND PROUD OF HIS SURPASSING INTELLECTUAL QUALITIES AND WHEN PERCY HAD DECIDED THAT HE WOULD NOT SAIL IN THE BRIG AS ONE OF HER CREW THAT HE COULD NOT FIND IT IN HIS HEART TO BECOME A SMUGGLER THE CHIEFTAIN HAD SEE THE CURATE OF THE VILLAGE CHURCH A FINISHED SCHOLAR AND ENGAGED HIM TO BE PRIVATE TUTOR TO HIS BOY AND SO IT HAD BEEN STRANGELY ENOUGH THE MOTHER HAD FOUGHT AGAINST ALL THIS
phonemes: hiː hɐdbɪn pɹˈaʊd ʌv hɪz bˈɔɪz bjˈuːɾi ænd pɹˈaʊd ʌv hɪz sɚpˈæsɪŋ ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəl kwˈɔlᵻɾiz; ænd wɛn pˈɜːsi hæd dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd ðæt hiː wʊd nˌɑːt sˈeɪl ɪnðə bɹˈɪɡ æz wˈʌn ʌv hɜː kɹˈuː ðæt hiː kʊd nˌɑːt fˈaɪnd ɪɾ ɪn hɪz hˈɑːɹt tə bɪkˌʌm ɐ smˈʌɡlɚ ðə tʃˈiːftən hæd sˈiːn ðə kjˈʊɹɹeɪt ʌvðə vˈɪlɪdʒ tʃˈɜːtʃ, ɐ fˈɪnɪʃt skˈɑːlɚ, ænd ɛŋɡˈeɪdʒd hˌɪm təbi pɹˈaɪvət tˈuːɾɚ tə hɪz bˈɔɪ. ænd sˈoʊ ɪt hɐdbɪn. stɹˈeɪndʒli ɪnˈʌf, ðə mˈʌðɚ hæd fˈɔːt ɐɡˈɛnst ˈɔːl ðˈɪs.