text_original: Had he been thoroughly insincere he might have seen the right moment for throwing in his fortunes with the winning side, and would thus have secured his own success. But he was always endeavouring to maintain a creditable appear  1714 ATTERBURT, 335 ance in the eyes of the two great political parties ; he was always endeavouring to maintain the repu  tation of a statesman and a man of honour ; and between the proverbial two stools there could only be the proverbial fall to the ground.
text_transcription: HAD HE BEEN THOROUGHLY INSINCERE HE MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE RIGHT MOMENT FOR THROWING IN HIS FORTUNES WITH THE WINNING SIDE AND WOULD THUS HAVE SECURED HIS OWN SUCCESS BUT HE WAS ALWAYS ENDEAVOURING TO MAINTAIN A CREDITABLE APPEARANCE IN THE EYES OF THE TWO GREAT POLITICAL PARTIES HE WAS ALWAYS ENDEAVOURING TO MAINTAIN THE REPUTATION OF A STATESMAN AND A MAN OF HONOUR AND BETWEEN THE PROVERBIAL TWO STOOLS THERE COULD ONLY BE THE PROVERBIAL FALL TO THE GROUND
phonemes: hæd hiː bˌɪn θˈʌɹoʊli ˌɪnsɪnsˈɪɹ hiː mˌaɪthɐv sˈiːn ðə ɹˈaɪt mˈoʊmənt fɔːɹ θɹˈoʊɪŋ ɪn hɪz fˈɔːɹtʃʊnz wɪððə wˈɪnɪŋ sˈaɪd, ænd wʊd ðˈʌs hæv sᵻkjˈʊɹd hɪz ˈoʊn səksˈɛs. bˌʌt hiː wʌz ˈɔːlweɪz ɛndˈɛvɚɹɪŋ tə meɪntˈeɪn ɐ kɹˈɛdɪɾəbəl ɐpˈɪɹ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɔːɹtiːn ɐtˈɜːbɜːt, θɹˈiːhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi fˈaɪv ˈæns ɪnðɪ ˈaɪz ʌvðə tˈuː ɡɹˈeɪt pəlˈɪɾɪkəl pˈɑːɹɾiz ; hiː wʌz ˈɔːlweɪz ɛndˈɛvɚɹɪŋ tə meɪntˈeɪn ðə ɹᵻpˈuː tˈeɪʃən əvə stˈeɪtsmən ænd ɐ mˈæn ʌv ˈɑːnɚ ; ænd bᵻtwˌiːn ðə pɹəvˈɜːbɪəl tˈuː stˈuːlz ðɛɹ kʊd ˈoʊnli biː ðə pɹəvˈɜːbɪəl fˈɔːl tə ðə ɡɹˈaʊnd.