text_original: Disease was tightening its hold upon him, and bringing with it a lingering agony of torment, in which na.irian'* his strong reason wholly lost its balance, and ^ gave way to the fitful moods of a delirious fiffu'iVoods frenzy. Now he was a prey to wild suspicions, o^cmelty. and was haunted by a mania for bloodshed ; now he tried to obtain relief by magic arts and incantations; and at last in his supreme despair he resolved to die.
text_transcription: DISEASE WAS TIGHTENING ITS HOLD UPON HIM AND BRINGING WITH IT A LINGERING AGONY OF TORMENT IN WHICH HIS STRONG REASON WHOLLY LOST ITS BALANCE AND GAVE WAY TO THE FITFUL MOODS OF A DELIRIOUS FRENZY NOW HE WAS PREY TO WILD SUSPICIONS AND WAS HAUNTED BY A MANIA FOR BLOODSHED NOW HE TRIED TO OBTAIN RELIEF BY MAGIC ARTS AND INCANTATIONS AND AT LAST IN HIS SUPREME DESPAIR HE RESOLVED TO DIE
phonemes: dɪzˈiːz wʌz tˈaɪʔn̩ɪŋ ɪts hˈoʊld əpˌɑːn hˌɪm, ænd bɹˈɪŋɪŋ wɪð ɪɾ ɐ lˈɪŋɡɚɹɪŋ ˈæɡəni ʌv tˈɔːɹmɛnt, ɪnwˌɪtʃ nˈɑː.ˈɪɹiən ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk hɪz stɹˈɔŋ ɹˈiːzən hˈoʊli lˈɔst ɪts bˈæləns, ænd ɡˈeɪv wˈeɪ tə ðə fˈɪtfəl mˈuːdz əvə dᵻlˈɪɹiəs fˈɪfʌi vˈuːdz fɹˈɛnzi. nˈaʊ hiː wʌzɐ pɹˈeɪ tə wˈaɪld səspˈɪʃənz, ˈoʊ sˈiːmˈɛlti. ænd wʌz hˈɔːntᵻd baɪ ɐ mˈeɪniə fɔːɹ blˈʌdʃɛd ; nˈaʊ hiː tɹˈaɪd tʊ əbtˈeɪn ɹᵻlˈiːf baɪ mˈædʒɪk ˈɑːɹts ænd ˌɪŋkɐntˈeɪʃənz; ænd æt lˈæst ɪn hɪz suːpɹˈiːm dᵻspˈɛɹ hiː ɹᵻzˈɑːlvd tə dˈaɪ.