text_original: It is not easy, if we may borrow the words which Burke applied to a more picturesque and interestiug sufierer, ' to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall.' During all this time of comparative quietude, we are not to suppose that there were no threatenings of foreign disturbance.
text_transcription: IT IS NOT EASY IF WE MAY BORROW THE WORDS WHICH BURKE APPLIED TO A MORE PICTURESQUE AND INTERESTING SUFFERER TO CONTEMPLATE WITHOUT EMOTION THAT ELEVATION AND THAT FALL DURING ALL THE TIME OF COMPARATIVE QUIETUDE WE ARE NOT TO SUPPOSE THAT THERE WERE NO THREATENINGS OF FOREIGN DISTURBANCE
phonemes: ɪɾ ɪz nˌɑːt ˈiːzi, ɪf wiː mˈeɪ bˈɑːɹoʊ ðə wˈɜːdz wˌɪtʃ bˈɜːk ɐplˈaɪd tʊ ɐ mˈɔːɹ pˌɪktʃɚɹˈɛsk ænd ˈɪntɹɪstˌɪʌɡ sˈuːfɪɹɚ, tə kˈɑːntəmplˌeɪt wɪðˌaʊt ɪmˈoʊʃən ðæt ˌɛlɪvˈeɪʃən ænd ðæt fˈɔːl.dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ˈɔːl ðɪs tˈaɪm ʌv kəmpˈæɹətˌɪv kwˈaɪəɾuːd, wiː ɑːɹ nˌɑːt tə səpˈoʊz ðæt ðɛɹwˌɜː nˈoʊ θɹˈɛʔn̩ɪŋz ʌv fˈɔːɹən dɪstˈɜːbəns.