text_original: France was now reduced to a condition which might almost be described as desperate. The treasury was all but emptied; the public debt was increased by an enormous amount; the drain upon the population to fill the ranks of the army had left most of the country places absolutely without cultivation, and there were threatenings, not vague or remote, of a famine in the land.
text_transcription: FRANCE WAS NOW REDUCED TO A CONDITION WHICH MIGHT ALMOST BE DESCRIBED AS DESPERATE THE TREASURY WAS ALL BUT EMPTIED THE PUBLIC DEBT WAS INCREASED BY AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT THE DRAIN UPON THE POPULATION TO FILL THE RANKS OF THE ARMY HAD LEFT MOST OF THE COUNTRY PLACES ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT CULTIVATION AND THERE WERE THREATENINGS NOT VAGUE OR REMOTE OF A FAMINE IN THE LAND
phonemes: fɹˈæns wʌz nˈaʊ ɹᵻdˈuːst tʊ ɐ kəndˈɪʃən wˌɪtʃ mˌaɪt ˈɔːlmoʊst biː dᵻskɹˈaɪbd æz dˈɛspɚɹət. ðə tɹˈɛʒɚɹi wʌz ˈɔːl bˌʌt ˈɛmptid; ðə pˈʌblɪk dˈɛt wʌz ɪŋkɹˈiːst baɪ ɐn ɪnˈɔːɹməs ɐmˈaʊnt; ðə dɹˈeɪn əpˌɑːn ðə pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən tə fˈɪl ðə ɹˈæŋks ʌvðɪ ˈɑːɹmi hæd lˈɛft mˈoʊst əv ðə kˈʌntɹi plˈeɪsᵻz ˌæbsəlˈuːtli wɪðˌaʊt kˌʌltɪvˈeɪʃən, ænd ðɛɹwˌɜː θɹˈɛʔn̩ɪŋz, nˌɑːt vˈeɪɡ ɔːɹ ɹᵻmˈoʊt, əvə fˈæmɪn ɪnðə lˈænd.