text_original: He made fair promises to the Jacobites abroad, with whom he was in frequent correspondence, and he made fair promises just as frequently to the Hanoverians abroad ; but he never could come to any resolve as to the moment for a definite choice of sides. The reader who looks back on the history of the crisis from this distance of time is apt to wonder how men like Bolingbroke, and even like Oxford, could possibly have had any faith in the chances of a Stuart restoration.
text_transcription: HE MADE FAIR PROMISES TO THE JACOBITES ABROAD WITH WHOM HE WAS IN FREQUENT CORRESPONDENCE AND HE MADE FAIR PROMISES JUST AS FREQUENTLY TO THE HANOVERIANS ABROAD BUT HE NEVER COULD COME TO ANY RESOLVE AS TO THE MOMENT FOR A DEFINITE CHOICE OF SIGHTS THE READER WHO LOOKS BACK ON THE HISTORY OF THE CRISIS FROM THIS DISTANCE OF TIME IS APT TO WONDER HOW MEN LIKE BOLINGBROKE AND EVEN LIKE OXFORD COULD POSSIBLY HAVE HAD ANY FAITH IN THE CHANCES OF STUART RESTORATION
phonemes: hiː mˌeɪd fˈɛɹ pɹˈɑːmɪsᵻz tə ðə dʒˈækəbˌaɪts ɐbɹˈɔːd, wɪð hˈuːm hiː wʌz ɪn fɹˈiːkwənt kˌɔːɹɪspˈɑːndəns, ænd hiː mˌeɪd fˈɛɹ pɹˈɑːmɪsᵻz dʒˈʌst æz fɹˈiːkwəntli tə ðə hˌænoʊvˈɪɹiənz ɐbɹˈɔːd ; bˌʌt hiː nˈɛvɚ kʊd kˈʌm tʊ ˌɛni ɹᵻzˈɑːlv æz tə ðə mˈoʊmənt fɚɹə dˈɛfɪnət tʃˈɔɪs ʌv sˈaɪdz. ðə ɹˈiːdɚ hˌuː lˈʊks bˈæk ɔnðə hˈɪstɚɹi ʌvðə kɹˈaɪsɪs fɹʌm ðɪs dˈɪstəns ʌv tˈaɪm ɪz ˈæpt tə wˈʌndɚ hˌaʊ mˈɛn lˈaɪk bˈoʊlɪŋbɹˌoʊk, ænd ˈiːvən lˈaɪk ˈɑːksfɚd, kʊd pˈɑːsᵻbli hæv hˌæd ˌɛni fˈeɪθ ɪnðə tʃˈænsᵻz əvə stˈuːɚt ɹˌɛstɚɹˈeɪʃən.