text_original: There was no doubt a strong temptation long felt by the Austrian court to bring the jealous and privileged country of Hungary (which lay so close to the centre of the Empire, and which, as late events had shown, was so important a factor in its power) into closer relation with the other provinces, and to obliterate the distinctions which had so often rendered it a source of danger rather than of strength.
text_transcription: THERE WAS NO DOUBT A STRONG TEMPTATION LONG FELT BY THE AUSTRIAN COURT TO BRING THE JEALOUS AND PRIVILEGED COUNTRY OF HUNGARY WHICH LAY SO CLOSE TO THE CENTRE OF THE EMPIRE AND WHICH AS LATE EVENTS HAVE SHOWN WAS SO IMPORTANT A FACTOR IN ITS POWER INTO CLOSER RELATION WITH THE OTHER PROVINCES AND TO OBLITERATE THE DISTINCTIONS WHICH HAD SO OFTEN RENDERED IT A SOURCE OF DANGER RATHER THAN OF STRENGTH
phonemes: ðɛɹwˌʌz nˈoʊ dˈaʊt ɐ stɹˈɔŋ tɛmptˈeɪʃən lˈɔŋ fˈɛlt baɪ ðɪ ˈɔːstɹiən kˈɔːɹt tə bɹˈɪŋ ðə dʒˈɛləs ænd pɹˈɪvᵻlɪdʒd kˈʌntɹi ʌv hˈʌŋɡɚɹi (wˌɪtʃ lˈeɪ sˌoʊ klˈoʊs tə ðə sˈɛntɚɹ ʌvðɪ ˈɛmpaɪɚ, ænd wˈɪtʃ, æz lˈeɪt ᵻvˈɛnts hæd ʃˈoʊn, wʌz sˌoʊ ɪmpˈɔːɹtənt ɐ fˈæktɚɹ ɪn ɪts pˈaʊɚ) ˌɪntʊ klˈoʊsɚ ɹᵻlˈeɪʃən wɪððɪ ˈʌðɚ pɹˈɑːvɪnsᵻz, ænd tʊ əblˈɪɾɚɹˌeɪt ðə dɪstˈɪŋkʃənz wˌɪtʃ hæd sˌoʊ ˈɔfən ɹˈɛndɚd ɪɾ ɐ sˈɔːɹs ʌv dˈeɪndʒɚ ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn ʌv stɹˈɛŋθ.