text_original: He affected a curious kind of scholarship. The hand that had been employed upon the _North Briton_, now devoted itself to the editing of classic texts; the intellect that had been associated with the privately printed "Essay on Woman" was now associated with privately printed editions of Catullus which he fondly believed to be flawless, and of Theophrastus, whose Greek text it pleased him to print without accents.
text_transcription: HE AFFECTED A CURIOUS KIND OF SCHOLARSHIP THE HAND THAT HAD BEEN EMPLOYED UPON THE NORTH BRITAIN NOW DEVOTED ITSELF TO THE EDITING OF CLASSIC TEXTS THE INTELLECT THAT HAD BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIVATELY PRINTED ESSAY ON WOMAN WAS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITIONS OF CATULLUS WHICH HE FONDLY BELIEVED TO BE FLAWLESS AND OF THEOPHRASTUS WHOSE GREEK TEXT IT PLEASED HIM TO PRINT WITHOUT ACCENTS
phonemes: hiː ɐfˈɛktᵻd ɐ kjˈʊɹɹiəs kˈaɪnd ʌv skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp. ðə hˈænd ðæt hɐdbɪn ɛmplˈɔɪd əpˌɑːn ðə nˈɔːɹθ bɹˈɪtən, nˈaʊ dɪvˈoʊɾᵻd ɪtsˈɛlf tə ðɪ ˈɛdɪɾɪŋ ʌv klˈæsɪk tˈɛksts; ðɪ ˈɪntəlˌɛkt ðæt hɐdbɪn ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd wɪððə pɹˈaɪvətli pɹˈɪntᵻd "ˈɛseɪ ˌɔn wˈʊmən" wʌz nˈaʊ ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd wɪð pɹˈaɪvətli pɹˈɪntᵻd ᵻdˈɪʃənz ʌv kˈæɾʌləs wˌɪtʃ hiː fˈɑːndli bᵻlˈiːvd təbi flˈɔːləs, ænd ʌv θiːəfɹˈæstəs, hˌuːz ɡɹˈiːk tˈɛkst ɪt plˈiːzd hˌɪm tə pɹˈɪnt wɪðˌaʊt ˈæksənts.