text_original: Or if it tries, as it sometimes does, to paint the fairer scenes as a contrast to the darker, it isolates and overcolours, and so destroys the naturalness of both alike, as when the Roman writers found a foil for the vices of the city in the healthy simplicity of country life, of ancient manners or of bar  barous peoples.
text_transcription: OR IF IT TRIES AS IT SOMETIMES DOES TO PAINT THE FAIRER SCENES AS A CONTRAST TO THE DARKER IT ISOLATES AND OVERCOLOURS AND SO DESTROYS THE NATURALNESS OF BOTH ALIKE AS WHEN THE ROMAN WRITERS FOUND A FOIL FOR THE VICES OF THE CITY IN THE HEALTHY SIMPLICITY OF COUNTRY LIFE OF ANCIENT MANNERS OR OF BARBAROUS PEOPLES
phonemes: ɔːɹ ɪf ɪt tɹˈaɪz, æz ɪt sˈʌmtaɪmz dˈʌz, tə pˈeɪnt ðə fˈɛɹɚ sˈiːnz æz ɐ kˈɑːntɹæst tə ðə dˈɑːɹkɚ, ɪɾ ˈaɪsəlˌeɪts ænd ˌoʊvɚkˈʌlɚz, ænd sˌoʊ dᵻstɹˈɔɪz ðə nˈætʃɚɹəlnəs ʌv bˈoʊθ ɐlˈaɪk, æz wɛn ðə ɹˈoʊmən ɹˈaɪɾɚz fˈaʊnd ɐ fˈɔɪl fɚðə vˈaɪsᵻz ʌvðə sˈɪɾi ɪnðə hˈɛlθi sɪmplˈɪsᵻɾi ʌv kˈʌntɹi lˈaɪf, ʌv ˈeɪntʃənt mˈænɚz ɔːɹ ʌv bˈɑːɹ bˈæɹəs pˈiːpəlz.