text_original: If the sort of so called representation which prevailed in the Parliamentary constituencies was, up to 1832, an absurdity and a fraud, it was not perhaps on the whole quite so absurd or altogether so fraudulent as that which set itself up for a representative system in the arrangements of the municipal corporations.
text_transcription: IF THE SORT OF SO CALLED REPRESENTATION WHICH PREVAILED IN THE PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES WAS UP TO EIGHTEEN THIRTY TWO AN ABSURDITY AND A FRAUD IT WAS NOT PERHAPS ON THE WHOLE QUITE SO ABSURD OR ALTOGETHER SO FRAUDULENT AS THAT WHICH SET ITSELF UP FOR A REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM IN THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
phonemes: ɪf ðə sˈɔːɹt ʌv sˌoʊ kˈɔːld ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntˈeɪʃən wˌɪtʃ pɹɪvˈeɪld ɪnðə pˌɑːɹləmˈɛntɚɹi kənstˈɪtʃuːənsiz wʌz, ˌʌp tə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi tˈuː, ɐn ɐbsˈɜːdᵻɾi ænd ɐ fɹˈɔːd, ɪt wʌz nˌɑːt pɚhˈæps ɔnðə hˈoʊl kwˈaɪt sˌoʊ ɐbsˈɜːd ɔːɹ ˌɔːltəɡˈɛðɚ sˌoʊ fɹˈɔːdʒuːlənt æz ðæt wˌɪtʃ sˈɛt ɪtsˈɛlf ˌʌp fɚɹɚ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntətˌɪv sˈɪstəm ɪnðɪ ɚɹˈeɪndʒmənts ʌvðə mjuːnˈɪsɪpəl kˌɔːɹpɚɹˈeɪʃənz.