text_original: Even at that time, when the sceptre of popular power had not yet passed altogether into the hands of the representative chamber, it was absurd to suppose that Pulteney would consent to be with  drawn from the House in which he had made his fiime, which was his natural and fitting place, and which already was seen by every man of sense to be the central force of England's political life. Pulteney contemptuously refused the peerage.
text_transcription: EVEN AT THAT TIME WHEN THE SCEPTRE OF POPULAR POWER HAD NOT YET PASSED ALTOGETHER INTO THE HANDS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE CHAMBER IT WAS ABSURD TO SUPPOSE THAT PULTENEY WOULD CONSENT TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE HOUSE IN WHICH HE HAD MADE HIS FAME WHICH WAS HIS NATURAL AND FITTING PLACE AND WHICH ALREADY WAS SEEN BY EVERY MAN OF SENSE TO BE THE CENTRAL FORCE OF ENGLAND'S POLITICAL LIFE PULTENEY CONTEMPTUOUSLY REFUSED THE PEERAGE
phonemes: ˈiːvən æt ðæt tˈaɪm, wˌɛn ðə sˈɛptɚɹ ʌv pˈɑːpjʊlɚ pˈaʊɚ hæd nˌɑːt jˈɛt pˈæst ˌɔːltəɡˈɛðɚɹ ˌɪntʊ ðə hˈændz ʌvðə ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntətˌɪv tʃˈeɪmbɚ, ɪt wʌz ɐbsˈɜːd tə səpˈoʊz ðæt pˈʌltɛni wʊd kənsˈɛnt təbi wɪð dɹˈɔːn fɹʌmðə hˈaʊs ɪnwˌɪtʃ hiː hæd mˌeɪd hɪz fˈɪaɪm, wˌɪtʃ wʌz hɪz nˈætʃɚɹəl ænd fˈɪɾɪŋ plˈeɪs, ænd wˌɪtʃ ɔːlɹˌɛdi wʌz sˈiːn baɪ ˈɛvɹi mˈæn ʌv sˈɛns təbi ðə sˈɛntɹəl fˈɔːɹs ʌv ˈɪŋɡləndz pəlˈɪɾɪkəl lˈaɪf. pˈʌltɛni kəntˈɛmptʃuːəsli ɹᵻfjˈuːzd ðə pˈɪɹɪdʒ.