text_original: 1786. A ''RESPECTABLE" MOB. 65 The peculiar characteristics of the crowd that battered down the Tolbooth gate and carried off Porteous to his death in the Orassmarket were its orderliness, its single  ness of purpose, and the curious ^^ respectability," if such a term may be employed, of its composition.
text_transcription: THE PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CROWD THAT BATTERED DOWN THE TALL BOOTH GATE AND CARRIED OFF PORTIUS TO HIS DEATH IN THE GRASS MARKET WERE ITS ORDERLINESS ITS SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE AND THE CURIOUS RESPECTABILITY IF SUCH A TERM MAY BE EMPLOYED OF ITS COMPOSITION
phonemes: wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɪks. ɐ ɹᵻspˈɛktəbəl" mˈɑːb. sˈɪksti fˈaɪv ðə pɪkjˈuːlɪɹ kˌæɹɪktɚɹˈɪstɪks ʌvðə kɹˈaʊd ðæt bˈæɾɚd dˌaʊn ðə tˈɑːlbuːθ ɡˈeɪt ænd kˈæɹid ˈɔf pˈɔːɹɾiəs tə hɪz dˈɛθ ɪnðɪ ˈɔːɹɐsmˌɑːɹkɪt wɜːɹ ɪts ˈɔːɹdɚlinəs, ɪts sˈɪŋɡəl nˈɛs ʌv pˈɜːpəs, ænd ðə kjˈʊɹɹiəs ɹᵻspˌɛktəbˈɪlᵻɾi," ɪf sˈʌtʃ ɐ tˈɜːm mˈeɪ biː ɛmplˈɔɪd, ʌv ɪts kˌɑːmpəzˈɪʃən.