text_original: Its object was to establish the continuous progress and ultimate perfectibility of the human mind, and the happy influence exercised by liberty upon literature. The theory of the authoress was that the prog  Digitized by VjOOQIC HER WORKS. 215 ress of philosophy, i. e. thought, had been grad  ual, while that of poetry had been spasmodic. Art, indeed, offering, by its early maturity, an awkward contradiction to her system, she
text_transcription: ITS OBJECT WAS TO ESTABLISH THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS AND ULTIMATE PERFECTIBILITY OF THE HUMAN MIND AND THE HAPPY INFLUENCE EXERCISED BY LIBERTY UPON LITERATURE THE THEORY OF THE AUTHORESS WAS THAT THE PROGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY THAT IS THOUGHT HAD BEEN GRADUAL WHILE THAT OF POETRY HAD BEEN SPASMODIC ART INDEED OFFERING BY ITS EARLY MATURITY AN AWKWARD CONTRADICTION TO HER SYSTEM SHE
phonemes: ɪts ˈɑːbdʒɛkt wʌz tʊ ɪstˈæblɪʃ ðə kəntˈɪnjuːəs pɹˈɑːɡɹɛs ænd ˈʌltᵻmət pɚfˌɛktəbˈɪlᵻɾi ʌvðə hjˈuːmən mˈaɪnd, ænd ðə hˈæpi ˈɪnfluːəns ˈɛksɚsˌaɪzd baɪ lˈɪbɚɾi əpˌɑːn lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚ. ðə θˈiəɹi ʌvðɪ ˈɔːθɔːɹˌɛs wʌz ðætðə pɹˈɑːɡ dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk hɜː wˈɜːks. tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪftiːn ɹˈɛs ʌv fɪlˈɑːsəfi, ˈaɪ. ˈiː. θˈɔːt, hɐdbɪn ɡɹˈæd jˈuːəl, wˌaɪl ðæt ʌv pˈoʊɪtɹi hɐdbɪn spæzmˈɑːdɪk. ˈɑːɹt, ˌɪndˈiːd, ˈɔfɚɹɪŋ, baɪ ɪts ˈɜːli mətʃˈʊɹɹᵻɾi, ɐn ˈɔːkwɚd kˌɑːntɹədˈɪkʃən tə hɜː sˈɪstəm, ʃiː