text_original: In the first place, it closed a great epoch in English history. More distinctly even than the Reform Act of 1832 it ended the era of Whig ascendancy — the period during which England was ruled by a group of great families who, brought into power by the Re  volution of 1688, were nominally dethroned by that of 1832. His place Not that Lord Palmerston was a typical Whig.
text_transcription: IN THE FIRST PLACE IT CLOSED A GREAT EPOCH IN ENGLISH HISTORY MORE DISTINCTLY EVEN THAN THE REFORM ACT OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY TWO IT ENDED THE ERA OF THE WHIG ASCENDANCY THE PERIOD DURING WHICH ENGLAND WAS RULED BY A GROUP OF GREAT FAMILIES WHO BROUGHT INTO POWER BY THE REVOLUTION OF SIXTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT WERE NOMINALLY DETHRONED BY THAT OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY TWO NOT THAT LORD PALMERSTON WAS A TYPICAL WHIG
phonemes: ɪnðə fˈɜːst plˈeɪs, ɪt klˈoʊzd ɐ ɡɹˈeɪt ˈɛpɑːk ɪn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ hˈɪstɚɹi. mˈɔːɹ dɪstˈɪŋktli ˈiːvən ðɐn ðə ɹᵻfˈɔːɹm ˈækt ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi tˈuː ɪɾ ˈɛndᵻd ðɪ ˈiəɹə ʌv wˈɪɡ ɐsˈɛndənsi — ðə pˈiəɹɪəd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ wˌɪtʃ ˈɪŋɡlənd wʌz ɹˈuːld baɪ ɐ ɡɹˈuːp ʌv ɡɹˈeɪt fˈæmɪliz hˈuː, bɹˈɔːt ˌɪntʊ pˈaʊɚ baɪ ðə ɹˌiː vəlˈuːʃən ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt, wɜː nˈɑːmɪnəli diːθɹˈoʊnd baɪ ðæt ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi tˈuː. hɪz plˈeɪs nˌɑːt ðæt lˈɔːɹd pˈɑːmɚstən wʌzɐ tˈɪpɪkəl wˈɪɡ.