text_original: Now it sometimes happened that a place that had been comparatively popular and prosperous at the period when it obtained the {100} right of representation had seen its prosperity and its population gradually ebb away from it, and leave it little better than a bare hill side, and yet the bare hill side retained the right of representation, and its owner could send any one he pleased into the House of Commons.
text_transcription: NOW IT SOMETIMES HAPPENED THAT A PLACE THAT HAD BEEN COMPARATIVELY POPULAR AND PROSPEROUS AT THE PERIOD WHEN IT OBTAINED THE RIGHT OF REPRESENTATION HAD SEEN ITS PROSPERITY AND ITS POPULATION GRADUALLY EBB AWAY FROM IT AND LEAVE IT LITTLE BETTER THAN A BARE HILLSIDE AND YET THE BARE HILLSIDE RETAINED THE RIGHT OF REPRESENTATION AND ITS OWNER COULD SEND ANY ONE HE PLEASED INTO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
phonemes: nˈaʊ ɪt sˈʌmtaɪmz hˈæpənd ðˌæɾə plˈeɪs ðæt hɐdbɪn kəmpˈæɹətˌɪvli pˈɑːpjʊlɚ ænd pɹˈɑːspɚɹəs æt ðə pˈiəɹɪəd wɛn ɪɾ əbtˈeɪnd ðə {wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd} ɹˈaɪt ʌv ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntˈeɪʃən hæd sˈiːn ɪts pɹəspˈɛɹᵻɾi ænd ɪts pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ɡɹˈædʒuːəli ˈɛb ɐwˈeɪ fɹʌm ɪt, ænd lˈiːv ɪt lˈɪɾəl bˈɛɾɚ ðˌænə bˈɛɹ hˈɪl sˈaɪd, ænd jˈɛt ðə bˈɛɹ hˈɪl sˈaɪd ɹᵻtˈeɪnd ðə ɹˈaɪt ʌv ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntˈeɪʃən, ænd ɪts ˈoʊnɚ kʊd sˈɛnd ˌɛni wˈʌn hiː plˈiːzd ˌɪntʊ ðə hˈaʊs ʌv kˈɑːmənz.