text_original: Up to the year 1766 the tranquillity of the English settlers and traders in Bengal had been undisturbed. Their relations with the Nabob Ali Vardi Khan had been of the friendliest kind, and the very friend  liness of those relations had had the effect of making the English residents in Bengal, like the native population, men of a milder mould than those whom hard fortune had fashioned into soldiers and statesmen at Madras.
text_transcription: UP TO THE YEAR SEVENTEEN FIFTY SIX THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE ENGLISH SETTLERS AND TRADERS IN BENGAL HAD BEEN UNDISTURBED THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE NABOB ALIVAR DE CON HAD BEEN OF THE FRIENDLIEST KIND AND THE VERY FRIENDLINESS OF THESE RELATIONS HAD HAD THE EFFECT OF MAKING THE ENGLISH RESIDENCE IN BENGAL LIKE THE NATIVE POPULATION MEN OF A MILDER MOULD THAN THOSE WHOM HARD FORTUNE HAD FASHIONED INTO SOLDIERS AND STATESMEN AT MADRAS
phonemes: ˌʌp tə ðə jˈɪɹ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks ðə tɹæŋkwˈɪlᵻɾi ʌvðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ sˈɛtlɚz ænd tɹˈeɪdɚz ɪn bˌɛŋɡˈɔːl hɐdbɪn ʌndɪstˈɜːbd. ðɛɹ ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz wɪððə nˈæbɑːb ˈɑːli vˈɑːɹdi kˈɑːn hɐdbɪn ʌvðə fɹˈɛndliɪst kˈaɪnd, ænd ðə vˈɛɹi fɹˈɛnd lˈaɪnəs ʌv ðoʊz ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz hæd hæd ðɪ ɪfˈɛkt ʌv mˌeɪkɪŋ ðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ɹˈɛzᵻdənts ɪn bˌɛŋɡˈɔːl, lˈaɪk ðə nˈeɪɾɪv pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən, mˈɛn əvə mˈaɪldɚ mˈoʊld ðɐn ðoʊz hˈuːm hˈɑːɹd fˈɔːɹtʃʊn hæd fˈæʃənd ˌɪntʊ sˈoʊldʒɚz ænd stˈeɪtsmɛn æt mədɹˈɑːs.