text_original: Until the death of Lord Palmerston (1865) England continued to be governed, despite an extended franchise and a radical redistribution of constituencies, by a knot of great families who had ruled it since 1688. But by 1865 the era of middle class rule was itself drawing to an end. In 1867 a second shifting of the centre of political gravity occurs.
text_transcription: UNTIL THE DEATH OF LORD PALMERSTON IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY FIVE ENGLAND CONTINUED TO BE GOVERNED DESPITE AN EXTENDED FRANCHISE AND A RADICAL REDISTRIBUTION OF CONSTITUENCIES BY A KNOT OF GREAT FAMILIES WHO HAD RULED IT SINCE SIXTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT BUT BY EIGHTEEN SIXTY FIVE THE ERA OF MIDDLE CLASS RULE WAS ITSELF DRAWING TO AN END IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY SEVEN A SECOND SHIFTING OF THE CENTRE OF POLITICAL GRAVITY OCCURS
phonemes: ʌntˈɪl ðə dˈɛθ ʌv lˈɔːɹd pˈɑːmɚstən (wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv) ˈɪŋɡlənd kəntˈɪnjuːd təbi ɡˈʌvɚnd, dᵻspˈaɪt ɐn ɛkstˈɛndᵻd fɹˈæntʃaɪz ænd ɐ ɹˈædɪkəl ɹˌiːdˌɪstɹɪbjˈuːʃən ʌv kənstˈɪtʃuːənsiz, baɪ ɐ nˈɑːt ʌv ɡɹˈeɪt fˈæmɪliz hˌuː hæd ɹˈuːld ɪt sˈɪns wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt. bˌʌt baɪ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv ðɪ ˈiəɹə ʌv mˈɪdəl klˈæs ɹˈuːl wʌz ɪtsˈɛlf dɹˈɔːɪŋ tʊ ɐn ˈɛnd. ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən ɐ sˈɛkənd ʃˈɪftɪŋ ʌvðə sˈɛntɚɹ ʌv pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ɡɹˈævᵻɾi əkˈɜːz.