text_original: There were communities — such, for 110 A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES. CH. V. example, as that of Preston, in Lancashire — where the system of franchise existing created something like universal suffrage. All this was smoothed away, if such an expression may he used, by the Reform Bill.
text_transcription: THERE WERE COMMUNITIES SUCH FOR EXAMPLE AS THAT OF PRESTON AND LANCASHIRE WHERE THE SYSTEM OF FRANCHISE EXISTING CREATED SOMETHING LIKE UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ALL THIS WAS SMOOTHED AWAY IF SUCH AN EXPRESSION MAY BE USED BY THE REFORM BILL
phonemes: ðɛɹwˌɜː kəmjˈuːnᵻɾiz — sˈʌtʃ, fɔːɹ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn ɐ hˈɪstɚɹi ʌv ˌaʊɚɹ ˈoʊn tˈaɪmz. sˌiːˈeɪtʃ. vˈiː. ɛɡzˈæmpəl, æz ðæt ʌv pɹˈɛstən, ɪn lˈæŋkəʃɚ — wˌɛɹ ðə sˈɪstəm ʌv fɹˈæntʃaɪz ɛɡzˈɪstɪŋ kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd sˈʌmθɪŋ lˈaɪk jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsəl sˈʌfɹɪdʒ. ˈɔːl ðɪs wʌz smˈuːðd ɐwˈeɪ, ɪf sˈʌtʃ ɐn ɛkspɹˈɛʃən mˈeɪ hiː jˈuːzd, baɪ ðə ɹᵻfˈɔːɹm bˈɪl.