text_original: Of course this is the wildest exaggeration — is, in fact, mere extravagance and absurdity, if regarded as a financial proposition. VOL. I. Y Digiti zed by Google 322 A HISTORY OF THE POUR GEORGES. ch. xt. But Swift understood, as hardly any other man un  derstood, the art of employing exaggeration with snch an effect as to make it do the business of un  questionable fact. He was able to make his literary coins pass for much more than Wood could do with his halfpence and farthings.
text_transcription: OF COURSE THIS IS THE WILDEST EXAGGERATION IS IN FACT MERE EXTRAVAGANCE AND ABSURDITY IF REGARDED AS A FINANCIAL PROPOSITION BUT SWIFT UNDERSTOOD AS HARDLY ANY OTHER MAN UNDERSTOOD THE ART OF EMPLOYING EXAGGERATION WITH SUCH AN EFFECT AS TO MAKE IT DO THE BUSINESS OF UNQUESTIONABLE FACT HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE HIS LITERARY COINS PASS FOR MUCH MORE THAN WOOD COULD DO WITH HIS HA'PENS AND FARTHINGS
phonemes: ʌv kˈɔːɹs ðɪs ɪz ðə wˈaɪldɪst ɛɡzˌædʒɚɹˈeɪʃən — ɪz, ɪn fˈækt, mˈɪɹ ɛkstɹˈævəɡəns ænd ɐbsˈɜːdᵻɾi, ɪf ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹdᵻd æz ɐ faɪnˈænʃəl pɹˌɑːpəzˈɪʃən. vˈɑːl. ˈaɪ. wˈaɪ dɪdʒˈiːɾi zˈɛd baɪ ɡˈuːɡəl θɹˈiːhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti tˈuː ɐ hˈɪstɚɹi ʌvðə pˈɔːɹ dʒˈɔːɹdʒᵻz. sˌiːˈeɪtʃ. ˌɛkstˈiː. bˌʌt swˈɪft ˌʌndɚstˈʊd, æz hˈɑːɹdli ˌɛni ˈʌðɚ mˈæn ˈʌn dˈɜːstʊd, ðɪ ˈɑːɹt ʌv ɛmplˈɔɪɪŋ ɛɡzˌædʒɚɹˈeɪʃən wɪð ˌɛsˌɛnsˌiːˈeɪtʃ ɐn ɪfˈɛkt æz tə mˌeɪk ɪt dˈuː ðə bˈɪznəs ʌv ˈʌn kwˈɛstʃənəbəl fˈækt. hiː wʌz ˈeɪbəl tə mˌeɪk hɪz lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi kˈɔɪnz pˈæs fɔːɹ mˈʌtʃ mˈɔːɹ ðɐn wˈʊd kʊd dˈuː wɪð hɪz hˈæfpəns ænd fˈɑːɹθɪŋz.