text_original: People — ^the few daringly adventurous people — who ventured to travel in the Highlands were looked upon by their admir  ing friends as the rivals of Bruce or Mandeville, and they wrote books about their travels as they would have done if they had travelled in Thibet; and very curious reading these books are now after the lapse of something over a century.
text_transcription: PEOPLE THE VERY DARINGLY ADVENTUROUS PEOPLE WHO VENTURED TO TRAVEL IN THE HIGHLANDS WERE LOOKED UPON BY THEIR ADMIRING FRIENDS AS THE RIVALS OF BRUCE OR MANDEVILLE AND THEY WROTE BOOKS ABOUT THEIR TRAVELS AS THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IF THEY HAD TRAVELLED IN THIBET AND VERY CURIOUS READING THESE BOOKS ARE NOW AFTER THE LAPSE OF SOMETHING OVER A CENTURY
phonemes: pˈiːpəl — ðə fjˈuː dˈɛɹɪŋli ɐdvˈɛntʃɚɹəs pˈiːpəl — hˌuː vˈɛntʃɚd tə tɹˈævəl ɪnðə hˈaɪləndz wɜː lˈʊkt əpˌɑːn baɪ ðɛɹ ɐdmˈɪɹ ˈɪŋ fɹˈɛndz æz ðə ɹˈaɪvəlz ʌv bɹˈuːs ɔːɹ mˈændvɪl, ænd ðeɪ ɹˈoʊt bˈʊks ɐbˌaʊt ðɛɹ tɹˈævəlz æz ðeɪ wʊdhɐv dˈʌn ɪf ðeɪ hæd tɹˈævəld ɪn θˈɪbɪt; ænd vˈɛɹi kjˈʊɹɹiəs ɹˈiːdɪŋ ðiːz bˈʊks ɑːɹ nˈaʊ ˈæftɚ ðə lˈæps ʌv sˈʌmθɪŋ ˌoʊvɚɹ ɐ sˈɛntʃɚɹi.