text_original: The streets were full of eager inquirers, the churches crowded with devoted worshippers ; entertainments of all sorts ceased, and the gloom was universal. Meanwhile the empress lay expecting her end with perfect equanimity. She continued with unclouded intelligence to speak both of her domestic and political relations, and instructed her physicians to tell her at once when hope was over, so that she might receive the sacraments of the Church.
text_transcription: THE STREETS WERE FULL OF EAGER INQUIRERS THE CHURCH CROWDED WITH DEVOTED WORSHIPPERS ENTERTAINMENTS OF ALL SORTS CEASED AND THE GLOOM WAS UNIVERSAL MEANWHILE THE EMPRESS LAY EXPECTING HER AND WITH PERFECT EQUANIMITY SHE CONTINUED WITH UNCLOUDED INTELLIGENCE TO SPEAK BOTH OF HER DOMESTIC AND POLITICAL RELATIONS AND INSTRUCTED HER PHYSICIANS TO TELL HER AT ONCE WHEN HOPE WAS OVER SO THAT SHE MIGHT RECEIVE THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
phonemes: ðə stɹˈiːts wɜː fˈʊl ʌv ˈiːɡɚɹ ɪŋkwˈaɪɚɹɚz, ðə tʃˈɜːtʃᵻz kɹˈaʊdᵻd wɪð dɪvˈoʊɾᵻd wˈɜːʃɪpɚz ; ˌɛntɚtˈeɪnmənts ʌv ˈɔːl sˈɔːɹts sˈiːst, ænd ðə ɡlˈuːm wʌz jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsəl. mˈiːnwaɪl ðɪ ˈɛmpɹɛs lˈeɪ ɛkspˈɛktɪŋ hɜːɹ ˈɛnd wɪð pˈɜːfɛkt ˌiːkwɐnˈɪmᵻɾi. ʃiː kəntˈɪnjuːd wɪð ʌŋklˈaʊdᵻd ɪntˈɛlɪdʒəns tə spˈiːk bˈoʊθ ʌv hɜː dəmˈɛstɪk ænd pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz, ænd ɪnstɹˈʌktᵻd hɜː fɪzˈɪʃənz tə tˈɛl hɜːɹ ɐtwˈʌns wɛn hˈoʊp wʌz ˈoʊvɚ, sˌoʊ ðæt ʃiː mˌaɪt ɹᵻsˈiːv ðə sˈækɹəmənts ʌvðə tʃˈɜːtʃ.