text_original: Not foreseeing yet the retreat with all its horrors, he might reasonably argue that the position of Napoleon at jNIoscow after Borodino was much less favourable than the position of the same leader at Vienna after Wagram ; and he had Napoleon's own admission, made to him in 1810, that if Austria had then refused peace he would have been lost. Day by day his hopes grew stronger.
text_transcription: NOT FORESEEING YET THE RETREAT WITH ALL ITS HORRORS HE MIGHT REASONABLY ARGUE THAT THE POSITION OF NAPOLEON AT MOSCOW AFTER BORODINO WAS MUCH LESS FAVORABLE THAN THE POSITION OF THE SAME LEADER AT VIENNA AFTER VAGRUM AND HE HAD NAPOLEON'S OWN ADMISSION MADE TO HIM IN EIGHTEEN TEN THAT IF AUSTRIA HAD THEN REFUSED PEACE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST DAY BY DAY HIS HOPES GREW STRONGER
phonemes: nˌɑːt fɔːɹsˈiːɪŋ jˈɛt ðə ɹᵻtɹˈiːt wɪð ˈɔːl ɪts hˈɔɹɚz, hiː mˌaɪt ɹˈiːzənəbli ˈɑːɹɡjuː ðætðə pəzˈɪʃən ʌv nɐpˈoʊlɪən æt dʒˈeɪ ˈɛn ˈaɪəskˌaʊ ˈæftɚ bˌɔːɹədˈiːnoʊ wʌz mˈʌtʃ lˈɛs fˈeɪvɚɹəbəl ðɐn ðə pəzˈɪʃən ʌvðə sˈeɪm lˈiːdɚɹ æt vɪˈɛnə ˈæftɚ wˈæɡɹæm ; ænd hiː hæd nɐpˈoʊlɪənz ˈoʊn ɐdmˈɪʃən, mˌeɪd tə hˌɪm ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn, ðæt ɪf ˈɔːstɹiə hæd ðˈɛn ɹᵻfjˈuːzd pˈiːs hiː wʊdhɐv bˌɪn lˈɔst. dˈeɪ baɪ dˈeɪ hɪz hˈoʊps ɡɹˈuː stɹˈɔŋɡɚ.