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http://www.archive.org/download/harpersyoungpeoplevol01issue13_1807_librivox/hyp013_07_various_64kb.mp3

many a wandering step have i guided children at school have i often taught many disputes through me are decided oft has my help though sometimes derided even the muse of history sort

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mɛni ʌ wɑndɜ˞ɪŋ stɛp hæv aɪ ɡaɪdʌd tʃɪldɹʌn æt skul hæv aɪ ɔfʌn tɔt mɛni dɪspjuts θɹu mi ɑɹ dɪsaɪdɪd ɔft hæz maɪ hɛlp ðoʊ sʌmtaɪmz dɪɹaɪdɪd ivɪn ðʌ mjuz ʌv hɪstɜ˞i sɔɹt

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http://www.archive.org/download/the_dream_of_the_red_chamber_book_ii_1911_librivox/dreamredchamber2_09_cao_64kb.mp3

ha ha laughed the taoist chang aloud as he followed chia chen in chia chen approached dowager lady chia bending his body he strained a laugh

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hɑ hɑ læft ðʌ daʊɪst tʃæŋ ʌlaʊd æz hi fɑloʊd tʃiʌ tʃɛn ɪn tʃiʌ tʃɛn ʌpɹoʊtʃt daʊʌdʒɜ˞ leɪdi tʃiʌ bɛndɪŋ hɪz bɑdi hi stɹeɪnd ʌ læf

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http://www.archive.org/download/astounding_stories_07_1405_librivox/astoundingstories07_15_64kb.mp3

i glanced forward through the thick glass partitions into the operating room three men stood there watching intently they too were wondering why we visited the unfriendly world

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aɪ ɡlænst fɔɹwɜ˞d θɹu ðʌ θɪk ɡlæs pɑɹtɪʃʌnz ɪntu ðʌ ɑpɜ˞eɪtɪŋ ɹum θɹi mɛn stʊd ðɛɹ wɑtʃɪŋ ɪntɛntli ðeɪ tu wɜ˞ wʌndɜ˞ɪŋ waɪ wi vɪzɪtɪd ðʌ ʌnfɹɛndli wɜ˞ld

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http://www.archive.org/download/birdsvol5feb1899_1510_librivox/birdsandallnaturefeb1899_14_various_64kb.mp3

so we may call the owl the night watchman of the farm he sometimes comes out in the daytime but most owls prefer the night or at least a dark day the owl has been called a wise bird for the same reason that some men are thought to be wise he looks wise

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soʊ wi meɪ kɔl ðʌ aʊl ðʌ naɪt wɑtʃmʌn ʌv ðʌ fɑɹm hi sʌmtaɪmz kʌmz aʊt ɪn ðʌ deɪtaɪm bʌt moʊst aʊlz pɹʌfɜ˞ ðʌ naɪt ɔɹ æt list ʌ dɑɹk deɪ ðʌ aʊl hæz bɪn kɔld ʌ waɪz bɜ˞d fɔɹ ðʌ seɪm ɹizʌn ðæt sʌm mɛn ɑɹ θɔt tu bi waɪz hi lʊks waɪz

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http://www.archive.org/download/mary_anerley_1912_librivox/maryanerley_52_blackmore_64kb.mp3

from the tossing turmoil of the fall two white volumes roll away with a clash of waves between them and sweeping round the craggy basin meet like a snowy wreath below and rush back in coiling eddies flaked with

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fɹʌm ðʌ tɔsɪŋ tɜ˞mɔɪl ʌv ðʌ fɔl tu waɪt vɑljumz ɹoʊl ʌweɪ wɪð ʌ klæʃ ʌv weɪvz bɪtwin ðɛm ʌnd swipɪŋ ɹaʊnd ðʌ kɹæɡi beɪsʌn mit laɪk ʌ snoʊi ɹiθ bɪloʊ ʌnd ɹʌʃ bæk ɪn kɔɪlɪŋ ɛdiz wɪð

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http://www.archive.org/download/watergatereport1_1712_librivox/watergatereport1_26_senate_64kb.mp3

sub sub section b other uses of government funds the evans to colson weekly staff report referenced above contains other examples of proposed expenditures of federal funds for what appear to be primarily campaign purposes at page two evans wrote quote

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sʌb sʌb sɛkʃʌn bi ʌðɜ˞ jusʌz ʌv ɡʌvɜ˞mʌnt fʌndz ðʌ ɛvʌnz tu koʊlsʌn wikli stæf ɹipɔɹt ɹɛfɜ˞ʌnst ʌbʌv kʌnteɪnz ʌðɜ˞ ɪɡzæmpʌlz ʌv pɹʌpoʊzd ɪkspɛndʌtʃɜ˞z ʌv fɛdɜ˞ʌl fʌndz fɔɹ wʌt ʌpɪɹ tu bi pɹaɪmɛɹʌli kæmpeɪn pɜ˞pʌsʌz æt peɪdʒ tu ɛvʌnz ɹoʊt kwoʊt

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http://www.archive.org/download/six_women_invasion_2002_librivox/sixwomenandtheinvasion_12_yerta_64kb.mp3

we purpose evacuating forty percent of the civil population why should we go on feeding so many useless people we shall but keep back he went on

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wi pɜ˞pʌs ɪvækjʌweɪtɪŋ fɔɹti pɜ˞sɛnt ʌv ðʌ sɪvʌl pɑpjʌleɪʃʌn waɪ ʃʊd wi ɡoʊ ɑn fidɪŋ soʊ mɛni juslʌs pipʌl wi ʃæl bʌt kip bæk hi wɛnt ɑn

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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_11_montesquieu_64kb.mp3

a slave appointed by his master to tyrannize over other wretches of the same condition uncertain of enjoying tomorrow the blessings of today has no other felicity than that of glutting the pride the passions and voluptuousness of the present moment

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ʌ sleɪv ʌpɔɪntɪd baɪ hɪz mæstɜ˞ tu oʊvɜ˞ ʌðɜ˞ ʌv ðʌ seɪm kʌndɪʃʌn ʌnsɜ˞tʌn ʌv ɛndʒɔɪɪŋ tʌmɑɹoʊ ðʌ blɛsɪŋz ʌv tʌdeɪ hæz noʊ ʌðɜ˞ fɪlɪsʌti ðæn ðæt ʌv ðʌ pɹaɪd ðʌ pæʃʌnz ʌnd ʌv ðʌ pɹɛzʌnt moʊmʌnt

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http://www.archive.org/download/wondergarden_1806_librivox/wondergarden_065_olcott_64kb.mp3

i sent for you dear child because there is a dreadful war being fought in your land i wish you to stay with me until it is over

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aɪ sɛnt fɔɹ ju dɪɹ tʃaɪld bɪkɔz ðɛɹ ɪz ʌ dɹɛdfʌl wɔɹ biɪŋ fɔt ɪn jɔɹ lænd aɪ wɪʃ ju tu steɪ wɪð mi ʌntɪl ɪt ɪz oʊvɜ˞

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http://www.archive.org/download/villagelifeinamerica_1701_librivox/villagelifeinamerica_02_richards_64kb.mp3

those i read this morning were the first second and third chapters of job the first was about eliphaz reproveth job second benefit of god's correction third job justifieth his complaint

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ðoʊz aɪ ɹɛd ðɪs mɔɹnɪŋ wɜ˞ ðʌ fɜ˞st sɛkʌnd ʌnd θɜ˞d tʃæptɜ˞z ʌv dʒɑb ðʌ fɜ˞st wɑz ʌbaʊt dʒɑb sɛkʌnd bɛnʌfɪt ʌv ɡɑd'ɛs kɜ˞ɛkʃʌn θɜ˞d dʒɑb hɪz kʌmpleɪnt

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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_16_montesquieu_64kb.mp3

they were kings priests and judges this was one of the five species of monarchy mentioned by aristotle and the only one that can give us any idea of the monarchical constitution

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ðeɪ wɜ˞ kɪŋz pɹists ʌnd dʒʌdʒɪz ðɪs wɑz wʌn ʌv ðʌ faɪv spiʃiz ʌv mɑnɑɹki mɛnʃʌnd baɪ ɛɹʌstɑtʌl ʌnd ðʌ oʊnli wʌn ðæt kæn ɡɪv ʌs ɛni aɪdiʌ ʌv ðʌ kɑnstʌtuʃʌn

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http://www.archive.org/download/mary_anerley_1912_librivox/maryanerley_54_blackmore_64kb.mp3

it would be hopeless i told them that if i were only free to show myself and choose my time i would lay my life upon finding it if thrown away as it most likely was in some part of that unlucky cave mordacks caught at this idea and asked me a number of questions and took down my answers

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ɪt wʊd bi hoʊplʌs aɪ toʊld ðɛm ðæt ɪf aɪ wɜ˞ oʊnli fɹi tu ʃoʊ maɪsɛlf ʌnd tʃuz maɪ taɪm aɪ wʊd leɪ maɪ laɪf ʌpɑn faɪndɪŋ ɪt ɪf θɹoʊn ʌweɪ æz ɪt moʊst laɪkli wɑz ɪn sʌm pɑɹt ʌv ðæt ʌnlʌki keɪv kɑt æt ðɪs aɪdiʌ ʌnd æskt mi ʌ nʌmbɜ˞ ʌv kwɛstʃʌnz ʌnd tʊk daʊn maɪ ænsɜ˞z

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http://www.archive.org/download/mystery_oceanstar_1212_librivox/oceanstar_01_russell_64kb.mp3

the mate looked about him for the sounding rod and finding it sounded the well and found the barque as free as the steamer was he made the tour of the deck followed by the men

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ðʌ meɪt lʊkt ʌbaʊt hɪm fɔɹ ðʌ saʊndɪŋ ɹɑd ʌnd faɪndɪŋ ɪt saʊndɪd ðʌ wɛl ʌnd faʊnd ðʌ æz fɹi æz ðʌ stimɜ˞ wɑz hi meɪd ðʌ tʊɹ ʌv ðʌ dɛk fɑloʊd baɪ ðʌ mɛn

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http://www.archive.org/download/thousand_nights_volume_09_1901_librivox/arabiannightsvolume9_30_anonymous_64kb.mp3

she sits it in lap like a mother fond and she strikes the strings that can make it speak and near smiteth her right an injurious touch but her left repairs of her right the wreck

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ʃi sɪts ɪt ɪn læp laɪk ʌ mʌðɜ˞ fɑnd ʌnd ʃi stɹaɪks ðʌ stɹɪŋz ðæt kæn meɪk ɪt spik ʌnd nɪɹ hɜ˞ ɹaɪt æn ɪndʒʊɹiʌs tʌtʃ bʌt hɜ˞ lɛft ɹɪpɛɹz ʌv hɜ˞ ɹaɪt ðʌ ɹɛk

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http://www.archive.org/download/hawaiian_legends_of_ghosts_1811_librivox/hawaiianlegends_15_westervelt_64kb.mp3

she named that girl paliula and explained to the parents that when paliiila should grow up to be married the boy of waolani should be her husband the girls then took the babe

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ʃi neɪmd ðæt ɡɜ˞l ʌnd ɪkspleɪnd tu ðʌ pɛɹʌnts ðæt wɛn ʃʊd ɡɹoʊ ʌp tu bi mɛɹid ðʌ bɔɪ ʌv ʃʊd bi hɜ˞ hʌzbʌnd ðʌ ɡɜ˞lz ðɛn tʊk ðʌ beɪb

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http://www.archive.org/download/great_pearl_secret_1810_librivox/greatpearlsecret_10_williamson_64kb.mp3

she had she too vividly recalled taken at luncheon three helpings of lobster salad a dish which never agreed with her besides she was naturally excited over her part in the events of the day and that she had telephoned the office

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ʃi hæd ʃi tu vɪvʌdli ɹɪkɔld teɪkʌn æt lʌntʃʌn θɹi hɛlpɪŋz ʌv lɑbstɜ˞ sælʌd ʌ dɪʃ wɪtʃ nɛvɜ˞ ʌɡɹid wɪð hɜ˞ bɪsaɪdz ʃi wɑz nætʃɜ˞ʌli ɪksaɪtʌd oʊvɜ˞ hɜ˞ pɑɹt ɪn ðʌ ɪvɛnts ʌv ðʌ deɪ ʌnd ðæt ʃi hæd tɛlʌfoʊnd ðʌ ɔfɪs

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http://www.archive.org/download/villagelifeinamerica_1701_librivox/villagelifeinamerica_02_richards_64kb.mp3

may one i arose this morning about the usual time and read my three chapters in the bible and had time for a walk in the garden before breakfast the polyanthuses are just beginning to blossom and they border all the walk up and down the garden

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meɪ wʌn aɪ ɜ˞oʊz ðɪs mɔɹnɪŋ ʌbaʊt ðʌ juʒʌwʌl taɪm ʌnd ɹɛd maɪ θɹi tʃæptɜ˞z ɪn ðʌ baɪbʌl ʌnd hæd taɪm fɔɹ ʌ wɔk ɪn ðʌ ɡɑɹdʌn bɪfɔɹ bɹɛkfʌst ðʌ ɑɹ dʒʌst bɪɡɪnɪŋ tu blɑsʌm ʌnd ðeɪ bɔɹdɜ˞ ɔl ðʌ wɔk ʌp ʌnd daʊn ðʌ ɡɑɹdʌn

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http://www.archive.org/download/felixholt_1307_librivox/felixholtradical_42_eliot_64kb.mp3

perhaps some of the most terrible irony of the human lot is this of a deep truth coming to be uttered by lips that have no right to use it i will never tell him she said starting up her whole frame thrilling with a passion that seemed almost to make her young again

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pɜ˞hæps sʌm ʌv ðʌ moʊst tɛɹʌbʌl aɪɹʌni ʌv ðʌ hjumʌn lɑt ɪz ðɪs ʌv ʌ dip tɹuθ kʌmɪŋ tu bi ʌtɜ˞d baɪ lɪps ðæt hæv noʊ ɹaɪt tu jus ɪt aɪ wɪl nɛvɜ˞ tɛl hɪm ʃi sɛd stɑɹtɪŋ ʌp hɜ˞ hoʊl fɹeɪm θɹɪlɪŋ wɪð ʌ pæʃʌn ðæt simd ɔlmoʊst tu meɪk hɜ˞ jʌŋ ʌɡɛn

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http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3

canst thou blame him his daughters seek his death ah that good kent he said it would be thus poor banished man

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ðaʊ bleɪm hɪm hɪz dɔtɜ˞z sik hɪz dɛθ ɑ ðæt ɡʊd kɛnt hi sɛd ɪt wʊd bi ðʌs puɹ bænɪʃt mæn

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http://www.archive.org/download/man_and_wife_1507_librivox/manandwife_56_collins_64kb.mp3

finding a piece of freehold land to be sold in the neighborhood of fulham he bought it and had a cottage residence built on it under his own directions he surrounded the whole being a man singularly jealous of

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faɪndɪŋ ʌ pis ʌv fɹihoʊld lænd tu bi soʊld ɪn ðʌ neɪbɜ˞hʊd ʌv hi bɑt ɪt ʌnd hæd ʌ kɑtʌdʒ ɹɛzɪdʌns bɪlt ɑn ɪt ʌndɜ˞ hɪz oʊn dɜ˞ɛkʃʌnz hi sɜ˞aʊndɪd ðʌ hoʊl biɪŋ ʌ mæn sɪŋɡjʌlɜ˞li dʒɛlʌs ʌv

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http://www.archive.org/download/suppressedpoems_alfredlordtennyson_1812_librivox/suppressedpoems_48_tennyson_64kb.mp3

britons guard your own call home your ships across biscayan tides to blow the battle from their oaken sides why waste the yonder their idles thunder why stay they there to guard a foreign throne

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bɹɪtʌnz ɡɑɹd jɔɹ oʊn kɔl hoʊm jɔɹ ʃɪps ʌkɹɔs taɪdz tu bloʊ ðʌ bætʌl fɹʌm ðɛɹ saɪdz waɪ weɪst ðʌ jɑndɜ˞ ðɛɹ aɪdʌlz θʌndɜ˞ waɪ steɪ ðeɪ ðɛɹ tu ɡɑɹd ʌ fɔɹʌn θɹoʊn

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http://www.archive.org/download/french_revolution1_1508_librivox/french_revolution1_50_carlyle_64kb.mp3

the fastenings of one some write it was a chain merely gives way rascality is in the grand court whinnying louder still

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ðʌ fæsʌnɪŋz ʌv wʌn sʌm ɹaɪt ɪt wɑz ʌ tʃeɪn mɪɹli ɡɪvz weɪ ɪz ɪn ðʌ ɡɹænd kɔɹt laʊdɜ˞ stɪl

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http://www.archive.org/download/taras_bulba_1703_librivox/tarasbulba_26_gogol_64kb.mp3

it seems to me your excellency that it is not worth four thousand rubles remarked a young officer what i said your excellency that i did not think that it is worth four thousand rubles four thousand it is not worth two perhaps however the inside is well fitted unbutton the apron

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ɪt simz tu mi jɔɹ ɛkslɛnsi ðæt ɪt ɪz nɑt wɜ˞θ fɔɹ θaʊzʌnd ɹubʌlz ɹɪmɑɹkt ʌ jʌŋ ɔfʌsɜ˞ wʌt aɪ sɛd jɔɹ ɛkslɛnsi ðæt aɪ dɪd nɑt θɪŋk ðæt ɪt ɪz wɜ˞θ fɔɹ θaʊzʌnd ɹubʌlz fɔɹ θaʊzʌnd ɪt ɪz nɑt wɜ˞θ tu pɜ˞hæps haʊɛvɜ˞ ðʌ ɪnsaɪd ɪz wɛl fɪtʌd ʌnbʌtʌn ðʌ eɪpɹʌn

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http://www.archive.org/download/strange_stories_chinese_studio_001_0904/chinesestudio_vol1_20_pusungling_64kb.mp3

and then his wife said it's all very well but you have only just come to life how can you go and die again directly

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ʌnd ðɛn hɪz waɪf sɛd ɪt'ɛs ɔl vɛɹi wɛl bʌt ju hæv oʊnli dʒʌst kʌm tu laɪf haʊ kæn ju ɡoʊ ʌnd daɪ ʌɡɛn dɜ˞ɛktli

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http://www.archive.org/download/fairyandfolktales_irishpeasantry_1612_librivox/fairytalesoftheirish_25_yeats_64kb.mp3

according to his order i took the little boy out of the dwelling-house immediately sick as he was and made a bed for him and myself in the cow-house well sir i lay down by his side in the bed between two of the cows

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ʌkɔɹdɪŋ tu hɪz ɔɹdɜ˞ aɪ tʊk ðʌ lɪtʌl bɔɪ aʊt ʌv ðʌ dwɛlɪŋ-haʊs ɪmidiʌtli sɪk æz hi wɑz ʌnd meɪd ʌ bɛd fɔɹ hɪm ʌnd maɪsɛlf ɪn ðʌ kaʊ-haʊs wɛl sɜ˞ aɪ leɪ daʊn baɪ hɪz saɪd ɪn ðʌ bɛd bɪtwin tu ʌv ðʌ kaʊz

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http://www.archive.org/download/grimmsfairytalesretoldonesyllable_1601_librivox/grimmsfairytalesinonesyllable_04_grimm_64kb.mp3

a man soon came in who bought them and thought they were so good a pair that he paid a high price for them the shoemaker could now buy stuff for two pairs of shoes he cut them out at night to lose no time but there was no need of this for when he got up the next day they were made

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ʌ mæn sun keɪm ɪn hu bɑt ðɛm ʌnd θɔt ðeɪ wɜ˞ soʊ ɡʊd ʌ pɛɹ ðæt hi peɪd ʌ haɪ pɹaɪs fɔɹ ðɛm ðʌ ʃumeɪkɜ˞ kʊd naʊ baɪ stʌf fɔɹ tu pɛɹz ʌv ʃuz hi kʌt ðɛm aʊt æt naɪt tu luz noʊ taɪm bʌt ðɛɹ wɑz noʊ nid ʌv ðɪs fɔɹ wɛn hi ɡɑt ʌp ðʌ nɛkst deɪ ðeɪ wɜ˞ meɪd

female

slightly high-pitch

balanced in clarity

very distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3

this rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinews which if convenience will not allow stand in hard cure come help to bear thy master to the full thou must not stay behind come come away

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ðɪs ɹɛst maɪt jɛt hæv ðaɪ bɹoʊkʌn wɪtʃ ɪf kʌnvinjʌns wɪl nɑt ʌlaʊ stænd ɪn hɑɹd kjʊɹ kʌm hɛlp tu bɛɹ ðaɪ mæstɜ˞ tu ðʌ fʊl ðaʊ mʌst nɑt steɪ bɪhaɪnd kʌm kʌm ʌweɪ

male

high-pitch

balanced in clarity

very close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

almost no noise

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/riddle_universe_1301_librivox/riddleoftheuniverse_22_haeckel_64kb.mp3

it was not until the middle of the seventeenth century that pantheism was exhibited in its purest forms by the great baruch spinoza he gave for the totality of things a definition of substance in which god and the world are inseparably united the clearness confidence and

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slightly fast

ɪt wɑz nɑt ʌntɪl ðʌ mɪdʌl ʌv ðʌ sɛvʌntinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i ðæt wɑz ɪɡzɪbʌtʌd ɪn ɪts pjʊɹʌst fɔɹmz baɪ ðʌ ɡɹeɪt bɑɹuk spɪnoʊzʌ hi ɡeɪv fɔɹ ðʌ toʊtælʌti ʌv θɪŋz ʌ dɛfʌnɪʃʌn ʌv sʌbstʌns ɪn wɪtʃ ɡɑd ʌnd ðʌ wɜ˞ld ɑɹ ɪnsɛpɜ˞ʌbli junaɪtɪd ðʌ klɪɹnʌs kɑnfʌdʌns ʌnd

male

very high-pitch

clean

slightly close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

almost no noise

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/mystery_oceanstar_1212_librivox/oceanstar_01_russell_64kb.mp3

she was a snug clean vessel decks of a good colour paintwork fresh brasswork bright flush fore and aft and the furniture such as the binnacles pumps capstan skylights companions and so forth excellent in their kind

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moderate speed

ʃi wɑz ʌ snʌɡ klin vɛsʌl dɛks ʌv ʌ ɡʊd kʌlɜ˞ fɹɛʃ bɹaɪt flʌʃ fɔɹ ʌnd æft ʌnd ðʌ fɜ˞nɪtʃɜ˞ sʌtʃ æz ðʌ pʌmps kæpstʌn skaɪlaɪts kʌmpænjʌnz ʌnd soʊ fɔɹθ ɛksʌlʌnt ɪn ðɛɹ kaɪnd

female

moderate pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

noisy

very bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/littleduke_0803_librivox/littleduke_10_yonge_64kb.mp3

the duke crept softly away to beg to be allowed to go to lothaire he entered the room already dark with a pine torch in his hand that so flickered in the wind that he could at first see nothing but presently beheld a dark lump on the floor

1982

1551

moderate speed

ðʌ duk kɹɛpt sɔftli ʌweɪ tu bɛɡ tu bi ʌlaʊd tu ɡoʊ tu hi ɛntɜ˞d ðʌ ɹum ɔlɹɛdi dɑɹk wɪð ʌ paɪn tɔɹtʃ ɪn hɪz hænd ðæt soʊ flɪkɜ˞d ɪn ðʌ waɪnd ðæt hi kʊd æt fɜ˞st si nʌθɪŋ bʌt pɹɛzʌntli bihɛld ʌ dɑɹk lʌmp ɑn ðʌ flɔɹ

male

slightly high-pitch

clean

slightly close-sounding

very expressive and animated

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/thousand_nights_volume_09_1901_librivox/arabiannightsvolume9_30_anonymous_64kb.mp3

we came not to thy dwelling save for the sake of a voice we heard from behind the wall of thy house and we would fain hear it again and know her to whom it belongeth

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moderate speed

wi keɪm nɑt tu ðaɪ dwɛlɪŋ seɪv fɔɹ ðʌ seɪk ʌv ʌ vɔɪs wi hɜ˞d fɹʌm bɪhaɪnd ðʌ wɔl ʌv ðaɪ haʊs ʌnd wi wʊd feɪn hiɹ ɪt ʌɡɛn ʌnd noʊ hɜ˞ tu hum ɪt

male

moderate pitch

clean

very close-sounding

very monotone

almost no noise

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/six_women_invasion_2002_librivox/sixwomenandtheinvasion_12_yerta_64kb.mp3

a french aviator dropped a bomb on the station and the bomb disturbed a few german carriages the military authority knitted its brows

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ʌ fɹɛntʃ eɪvieɪtɜ˞ dɹɑpt ʌ bɑm ɑn ðʌ steɪʃʌn ʌnd ðʌ bɑm dɪstɜ˞bd ʌ fju dʒɜ˞mʌn kæɹɪdʒɪz ðʌ mɪlʌtɛɹi ʌθɔɹʌti nɪtʌd ɪts bɹaʊz

male

moderate pitch

noisy

slightly distant-sounding

monotone

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/twelvestories_1603_librivox/twelvestories_11_wells_64kb.mp3

now you'd hardly believe it but all them three days i never had a chance at the blessed treasure never got out not even a half crown there was always something always astonishing thing it isn't thought of more said mr brisher finding treasure's no great shakes it's getting it

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naʊ ju'di hɑɹdli bɪliv ɪt bʌt ɔl ðɛm θɹi deɪz aɪ nɛvɜ˞ hæd ʌ tʃæns æt ðʌ blɛst tɹɛʒɜ˞ nɛvɜ˞ ɡɑt aʊt nɑt ivɪn ʌ hæf kɹaʊn ðɛɹ wɑz ɔlweɪz sʌmθɪŋ ɔlweɪz ʌstɑnɪʃɪŋ θɪŋ ɪt 'ti θɔt ʌv mɔɹ sɛd mɪstɜ˞ faɪndɪŋ tɹɛʒɜ˞'ɛs noʊ ɡɹeɪt ʃeɪks ɪt'ɛs ɡɛtɪŋ ɪt

male

slightly low-pitch

slightly clean

very close-sounding

very monotone

slightly noisy

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/riddle_universe_1301_librivox/riddleoftheuniverse_22_haeckel_64kb.mp3

demonism sees gods in the living organisms of every species trees animals and men this kind of polytheism is found in innumerable forms even in the lowest tribes it reaches the highest stage in hellenic polytheism in the myths of ancient greece which still furnish the finest images to the modern poet and artist

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siz ɡɑdz ɪn ðʌ lɪvɪŋ ɔɹɡʌnɪzʌmz ʌv ɛvɜ˞i spiʃiz tɹiz ænʌmʌlz ʌnd mɛn ðɪs kaɪnd ʌv pɑliθiɪzʌm ɪz faʊnd ɪn ɪnumɜ˞ʌbʌl fɔɹmz ivɪn ɪn ðʌ loʊʌst tɹaɪbz ɪt ɹitʃʌz ðʌ haɪʌst steɪdʒ ɪn hʌlɛnɪk pɑliθiɪzʌm ɪn ðʌ mɪθs ʌv eɪntʃʌnt ɡɹis wɪtʃ stɪl fɜ˞nɪʃ ðʌ faɪnʌst ɪmʌdʒʌz tu ðʌ mɑdɜ˞n poʊʌt ʌnd ɑɹtʌst

male

very high-pitch

clean

slightly close-sounding

expressive and animated

clear

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3

what will you do come sir what letters had you late from france be simple answered for we know the truth

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slightly slowly

wʌt wɪl ju du kʌm sɜ˞ wʌt lɛtɜ˞z hæd ju leɪt fɹʌm fɹæns bi sɪmpʌl ænsɜ˞d fɔɹ wi noʊ ðʌ tɹuθ

male

high-pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly close-sounding

expressive and animated

slightly noisy

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3

yet poor old heart he holp the heavens to rain if wolves had at thy gate howled that stern time thou shouldst have said good porter turn the key

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slowly

jɛt puɹ oʊld hɑɹt hi ðʌ hɛvʌnz tu ɹeɪn ɪf wʊlvz hæd æt ðaɪ ɡeɪt haʊld ðæt stɜ˞n taɪm ðaʊ hæv sɛd ɡʊd pɔɹtɜ˞ tɜ˞n ðʌ ki

male

high-pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

almost no noise

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/richard_first_0902_librivox/richardthefirst_11_abbott_64kb.mp3

the town of acre stood on the shore of the sea and was very strongly fortified the walls and ramparts were very massive altogether too thick and high to be demolished or scaled by any means of attack known in those days the place had been in possession of the knights of saint john

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slightly fast

ðʌ taʊn ʌv eɪkɜ˞ stʊd ɑn ðʌ ʃɔɹ ʌv ðʌ si ʌnd wɑz vɛɹi stɹɔŋli fɔɹtʌfaɪd ðʌ wɔlz ʌnd ɹæmpɑɹts wɜ˞ vɛɹi mæsɪv ɔltʌɡɛðɜ˞ tu θɪk ʌnd haɪ tu bi dɪmɑlɪʃt ɔɹ skeɪld baɪ ɛni minz ʌv ʌtæk noʊn ɪn ðoʊz deɪz ðʌ pleɪs hæd bɪn ɪn pʌzɛʃʌn ʌv ðʌ naɪts ʌv seɪnt dʒɑn

female

low-pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly close-sounding

very expressive and animated

almost no noise

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/the_elements_of_ornithology_1310_librivox/the_elements_of_ornithology_07_ruschenberger_64kb.mp3

it is remarkable on account of the azure blue and red skin that covers the head and part of the neck for its pendent caruncles like those of a turkey and for a sort of helmet or crest formed by a bony prominence covered with horn which surmounts the head

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ɪt ɪz ɹɪmɑɹkʌbʌl ɑn ʌkaʊnt ʌv ðʌ æʒɜ˞ blu ʌnd ɹɛd skɪn ðæt kʌvɜ˞z ðʌ hɛd ʌnd pɑɹt ʌv ðʌ nɛk fɔɹ ɪts laɪk ðoʊz ʌv ʌ tɜ˞ki ʌnd fɔɹ ʌ sɔɹt ʌv hɛlmʌt ɔɹ kɹɛst fɔɹmd baɪ ʌ boʊni pɹɑmʌnʌns kʌvɜ˞d wɪð hɔɹn wɪtʃ ðʌ hɛd

female

moderate pitch

clean

slightly close-sounding

monotone

very clear

wonderful speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/sonatfront_1905_librivox/sonatfront_36_wharton_64kb.mp3

what did such people as julia do with grief he wondered how did they make room for it in their lives get up and lie down every day with its taste on their lips its elemental quality that awful sense it communicated of a whirling earth

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moderate speed

wʌt dɪd sʌtʃ pipʌl æz dʒuljʌ du wɪð ɡɹif hi wʌndɜ˞d haʊ dɪd ðeɪ meɪk ɹum fɔɹ ɪt ɪn ðɛɹ lɪvz ɡɛt ʌp ʌnd laɪ daʊn ɛvɜ˞i deɪ wɪð ɪts teɪst ɑn ðɛɹ lɪps ɪts ɛlʌmɛntʌl kwɑlʌti ðæt ɑfʌl sɛns ɪt kʌmjunʌkeɪtɪd ʌv ʌ wɜ˞lɪŋ ɜ˞θ

male

moderate pitch

slightly clean

slightly close-sounding

monotone

almost no noise

wonderful speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/french_revolution1_1508_librivox/french_revolution1_34_carlyle_64kb.mp3

off ye too loyal broglies polignacs and princes of the blood off while it is yet time did not the palais-royal in its late nocturnal violent motions set a specific price place of payment not mentioned on each of your heads

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moderate speed

ɔf ji tu lɔɪʌl ʌnd pɹɪnsʌz ʌv ðʌ blʌd ɔf waɪl ɪt ɪz jɛt taɪm dɪd nɑt ðʌ pʌleɪ-ɹɔɪʌl ɪn ɪts leɪt nɑktɜ˞nʌl vaɪʌlʌnt moʊʃʌnz sɛt ʌ spʌsɪfɪk pɹaɪs pleɪs ʌv peɪmʌnt nɑt mɛnʃʌnd ɑn itʃ ʌv jɔɹ hɛdz

male

high-pitch

clean

very distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/atlantic_classics_1807_librivox/atlanticclassics_05_various_64kb.mp3

but were now immune the grimaces of a grimaldi could not have ruffled the calm of their scornful features we planted ourselves in the front row and the boy began his recital in time his preoccupied and lack-lustre eye wandered in our direction and rested upon us he started

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moderate speed

bʌt wɜ˞ naʊ ɪmjun ðʌ ɡɹɪmʌsɪz ʌv ʌ ɡɹimɑldi kʊd nɑt hæv ɹʌfʌld ðʌ kɑm ʌv ðɛɹ skɔɹnfʌl fitʃɜ˞z wi plæntɪd aʊɜ˞sɛlvz ɪn ðʌ fɹʌnt ɹoʊ ʌnd ðʌ bɔɪ bɪɡæn hɪz ɹʌsaɪtʌl ɪn taɪm hɪz pɹiɑkjʌpaɪd ʌnd læk-lʌstɜ˞ aɪ wɑndɜ˞d ɪn aʊɜ˞ dɜ˞ɛkʃʌn ʌnd ɹɛstʌd ʌpɑn ʌs hi stɑɹtɪd

male

slightly low-pitch

balanced in clarity

very distant-sounding

monotone

noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/twelvestories_1603_librivox/twelvestories_11_wells_64kb.mp3

what a treasure dug up yes buried wealth treasure trove come out of the ground where i kept on saying regular treasure he looked at me with unusual disrespect

10508

10494

moderate speed

wʌt ʌ tɹɛʒɜ˞ dʌɡ ʌp jɛs bɛɹid wɛlθ tɹɛʒɜ˞ tɹoʊv kʌm aʊt ʌv ðʌ ɡɹaʊnd wɛɹ aɪ kɛpt ɑn seɪɪŋ ɹɛɡjʌlɜ˞ tɹɛʒɜ˞ hi lʊkt æt mi wɪð ʌnjuʒuʌl dɪsɹɪspɛkt

male

slightly low-pitch

clean

very close-sounding

expressive and animated

slightly noisy

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/fairyandfolktales_irishpeasantry_1612_librivox/fairytalesoftheirish_23_yeats_64kb.mp3

puss now made a last and desperate effort and had succeeded in forcing her head and shoulders through it when the foremost of the dogs made a spring and seized her violently

10644

9753

moderate speed

pʊs naʊ meɪd ʌ læst ʌnd dɛspɹɪt ɛfɜ˞t ʌnd hæd sʌksidɪd ɪn fɔɹsɪŋ hɜ˞ hɛd ʌnd ʃoʊldɜ˞z θɹu ɪt wɛn ðʌ fɔɹmoʊst ʌv ðʌ dɑɡz meɪd ʌ spɹɪŋ ʌnd sizd hɜ˞ vaɪʌlʌntli

female

very high-pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

clear

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/the_dream_of_the_red_chamber_book_ii_1911_librivox/dreamredchamber2_31_cao_64kb.mp3

what an awful rumpus you're kicking up i simply brought you along with me to look at things and lo you put on airs and she beat pan erh until he burst out crying

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slightly slowly

wʌt æn ɑfʌl ju'ɹeɪ kɪkɪŋ ʌp aɪ sɪmpli bɹɔt ju ʌlɔŋ wɪð mi tu lʊk æt θɪŋz ʌnd loʊ ju pʊt ɑn ɛɹz ʌnd ʃi bit pæn ʌntɪl hi bɜ˞st aʊt kɹaɪɪŋ

male

moderate pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly close-sounding

monotone

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/riddle_universe_1301_librivox/riddleoftheuniverse_22_haeckel_64kb.mp3

with the pantheistic truth of the law of substance all these efforts rest on confusion or sophistry when they are honest as pantheism is a result of an advanced conception of nature in the civilized mind it is naturally much younger than theism

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wɪð ðʌ pænθiɪstɪk tɹuθ ʌv ðʌ lɔ ʌv sʌbstʌns ɔl ðiz ɛfɜ˞ts ɹɛst ɑn kʌnfjuʒʌn ɔɹ sɔfɪstɹi wɛn ðeɪ ɑɹ ɑnʌst æz ɪz ʌ ɹɪzʌlt ʌv æn ʌdvænst kʌnsɛpʃʌn ʌv neɪtʃɜ˞ ɪn ðʌ sɪvʌlaɪzd maɪnd ɪt ɪz nætʃɜ˞ʌli mʌtʃ jʌŋɡɜ˞ ðæn θiɪzʌm

male

very high-pitch

very clean

slightly distant-sounding

expressive and animated

noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/morals2_26_1506_librivox/morals2_29_plutarch_64kb.mp3

i have never feared that wealth would take possession of our house except on account of caphisias's body for that wants fine attire that he may appear gay and gaudy to his numerous company of lovers

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moderate speed

aɪ hæv nɛvɜ˞ fɪɹd ðæt wɛlθ wʊd teɪk pʌzɛʃʌn ʌv aʊɜ˞ haʊs ɪksɛpt ɑn ʌkaʊnt ʌv 'ɛs bɑdi fɔɹ ðæt wɑnts faɪn ʌtaɪɜ˞ ðæt hi meɪ ʌpɪɹ ɡeɪ ʌnd ɡɔdi tu hɪz numɜ˞ʌs kʌmpʌni ʌv lʌvɜ˞z

male

slightly high-pitch

clean

slightly distant-sounding

monotone

clear

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/six_women_invasion_2002_librivox/sixwomenandtheinvasion_12_yerta_64kb.mp3

and for many months an abyss had grown between us which cannot be crossed but at night they come back in the dark we see the dear faces smile we watch their familiar gesture we hear their familiar voices

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slightly slowly

ʌnd fɔɹ mɛni mʌnθs æn ʌbɪs hæd ɡɹoʊn bɪtwin ʌs wɪtʃ kænɑt bi kɹɔst bʌt æt naɪt ðeɪ kʌm bæk ɪn ðʌ dɑɹk wi si ðʌ dɪɹ feɪsʌz smaɪl wi wɑtʃ ðɛɹ fʌmɪljɜ˞ dʒɛstʃɜ˞ wi hiɹ ðɛɹ fʌmɪljɜ˞ vɔɪsʌz

male

moderate pitch

noisy

slightly distant-sounding

monotone

almost no noise

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/worlds_best_mystery_5_1104_librivox/bestmysterystories5_05_hawthorne_64kb.mp3

i will take it all upon myself my dear and no one shall know who let me into the house here is the money in case i may not be able to show my gratitude to you later

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moderate speed

aɪ wɪl teɪk ɪt ɔl ʌpɑn maɪsɛlf maɪ dɪɹ ʌnd noʊ wʌn ʃæl noʊ hu lɛt mi ɪntu ðʌ haʊs hiɹ ɪz ðʌ mʌni ɪn keɪs aɪ meɪ nɑt bi eɪbʌl tu ʃoʊ maɪ ɡɹætʌtud tu ju leɪtɜ˞

female

moderate pitch

slightly noisy

slightly distant-sounding

expressive and animated

noisy

very bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/felixholt_1307_librivox/felixholtradical_42_eliot_64kb.mp3

her hands lay crossed on her knees this man young slim graceful with a selfishness which then took the form of homage to her had at one time kneeled to her kissed those hands fervently

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slightly slowly

hɜ˞ hændz leɪ kɹɔst ɑn hɜ˞ niz ðɪs mæn jʌŋ slɪm ɡɹeɪsfʌl wɪð ʌ sɛlfɪʃnʌs wɪtʃ ðɛn tʊk ðʌ fɔɹm ʌv ɑmʌdʒ tu hɜ˞ hæd æt wʌn taɪm tu hɜ˞ kɪst ðoʊz hændz fɜ˞vʌntli

male

slightly low-pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly distant-sounding

very monotone

slightly noisy

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/morals2_26_1506_librivox/morals2_28_plutarch_64kb.mp3

for in my mind as homer makes minerva to stand by ulysses in all dangers so the daemon joined to socrates even from his cradle some vision to guide him in all the actions of his life

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fɔɹ ɪn maɪ maɪnd æz hoʊmɜ˞ meɪks mʌnɜ˞vʌ tu stænd baɪ julɪsiz ɪn ɔl deɪndʒɜ˞z soʊ ðʌ dimʌn dʒɔɪnd tu sɑkɹʌtiz ivɪn fɹʌm hɪz kɹeɪdʌl sʌm vɪʒʌn tu ɡaɪd hɪm ɪn ɔl ðʌ ækʃʌnz ʌv hɪz laɪf

male

slightly high-pitch

very clean

slightly close-sounding

monotone

clear

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/nobody_1404_librivox/nobody_24_warner_64kb.mp3

but in other need as great and as terrible and i know and everyone else who has ever tried knows that the lord keeps his word how have you tried mrs barclay asked abstractedly

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bʌt ɪn ʌðɜ˞ nid æz ɡɹeɪt ʌnd æz tɛɹʌbʌl ʌnd aɪ noʊ ʌnd ɛvɹiwʌn ɛls hu hæz ɛvɜ˞ tɹaɪd noʊz ðæt ðʌ lɔɹd kips hɪz wɜ˞d haʊ hæv ju tɹaɪd mɪsɪz bɑɹkleɪ æskt

female

moderate pitch

very clean

very close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

clear

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/french_revolution1_1508_librivox/french_revolution1_32_carlyle_64kb.mp3

or seeming to beat or one can hear nothing the very swiss at the portcullis look weary of firing disheartened in the fire deluge a porthole at the drawbridge is opened as by one that would speak

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ɔɹ simɪŋ tu bit ɔɹ wʌn kæn hiɹ nʌθɪŋ ðʌ vɛɹi swɪs æt ðʌ lʊk wɪɹi ʌv faɪɹɪŋ dɪshɑɹtʌnd ɪn ðʌ faɪɜ˞ dɛljudʒ ʌ æt ðʌ dɹɔbɹɪdʒ ɪz oʊpʌnd æz baɪ wʌn ðæt wʊd spik

male

high-pitch

very clean

very distant-sounding

very monotone

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/the_elements_of_ornithology_1310_librivox/the_elements_of_ornithology_07_ruschenberger_64kb.mp3

their food consists of grains herbs worms and insects two species are found in europe namely the great bustard and the little bustard

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ðɛɹ fud kʌnsɪsts ʌv ɡɹeɪnz ɜ˞bz wɜ˞mz ʌnd ɪnsɛkts tu spiʃiz ɑɹ faʊnd ɪn jʊɹʌp neɪmli ðʌ ɡɹeɪt bʌstɜ˞d ʌnd ðʌ lɪtʌl bʌstɜ˞d

female

moderate pitch

very clean

very close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

clear

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/mystery_oceanstar_1212_librivox/oceanstar_01_russell_64kb.mp3

and after staying aloft ten minutes during which time everybody on deck stared his hardest too he cried out there's nothing in sight sir and came down

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ʌnd æftɜ˞ steɪɪŋ ʌlɔft tɛn mɪnʌts dʊɹɪŋ wɪtʃ taɪm ɛvɹibɑdi ɑn dɛk stɛɹd hɪz hɑɹdʌst tu hi kɹaɪd aʊt ðɛɹ'ɛs nʌθɪŋ ɪn saɪt sɜ˞ ʌnd keɪm daʊn

female

moderate pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/mystery_oceanstar_1212_librivox/oceanstar_01_russell_64kb.mp3

here and there a cloud shining like a wind gall and the small breeze fiery the second mate glancing about him spied something white shine gleaming over the starboard bow he fetched the glass and looked

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hiɹ ʌnd ðɛɹ ʌ klaʊd ʃaɪnɪŋ laɪk ʌ waɪnd ɡɔl ʌnd ðʌ smɔl bɹiz faɪɜ˞i ðʌ sɛkʌnd meɪt ɡlænsɪŋ ʌbaʊt hɪm spaɪd sʌmθɪŋ waɪt ʃaɪn ɡlimɪŋ oʊvɜ˞ ðʌ stɑɹbɜ˞d baʊ hi fɛtʃt ðʌ ɡlæs ʌnd lʊkt

female

moderate pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/principles_of_geology_1909_librivox/principlesofgeology_019_lyell_64kb.mp3

establishing the important fact of the coexistence of a large number of angiosperms with cycade and with that rich reptilian fauna comprising the ichthyosaur plesiosaur and pterodactyl

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ɪstæblɪʃɪŋ ðʌ ɪmpɔɹtʌnt fækt ʌv ðʌ koʊɪɡzɪstʌns ʌv ʌ lɑɹdʒ nʌmbɜ˞ ʌv wɪð ʌnd wɪð ðæt ɹɪtʃ ɹɛptɪljʌn fɔnʌ kʌmpɹaɪzɪŋ ðʌ ʌnd

female

very low-pitch

slightly clean

slightly close-sounding

monotone

almost no noise

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/treasury_david_vol2_1108_librivox/treasuryofdavid2_02_spurgeon_64kb.mp3

uplifted hands have ever been a form of devout posture and are intended to signify a reaching upward towards god a readiness an eagerness to receive the blessing sought after

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ʌplɪftɪd hændz hæv ɛvɜ˞ bɪn ʌ fɔɹm ʌv dɪvaʊt pɑstʃɜ˞ ʌnd ɑɹ ɪntɛndɪd tu sɪɡnʌfaɪ ʌ ɹitʃɪŋ ʌpwɜ˞d tʌwɔɹdz ɡɑd ʌ ɹɛdinʌs æn iɡɜ˞nʌs tu ɹʌsiv ðʌ blɛsɪŋ sɔt æftɜ˞

female

slightly high-pitch

slightly clean

very close-sounding

monotone

almost no noise

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/the_dream_of_the_red_chamber_book_ii_1911_librivox/dreamredchamber2_38_cao_64kb.mp3

she herself nevertheless felt too listless to join the banquet so simply reclining on a sofa of the inner room she looked at the plays in company with mrs hseh and choosing several kinds of such eatables as were to her taste

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ʃi hɜ˞sɛlf nɛvɜ˞ðʌlɛs fɛlt tu lɪstlʌs tu dʒɔɪn ðʌ bæŋkwʌt soʊ sɪmpli ɹɪklaɪnɪŋ ɑn ʌ soʊfʌ ʌv ðʌ ɪnɜ˞ ɹum ʃi lʊkt æt ðʌ pleɪz ɪn kʌmpʌni wɪð mɪsɪz ʌnd tʃuzɪŋ sɛvɹʌl kaɪndz ʌv sʌtʃ æz wɜ˞ tu hɜ˞ teɪst

male

moderate pitch

slightly noisy

slightly close-sounding

monotone

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/riddle_universe_1301_librivox/riddleoftheuniverse_22_haeckel_64kb.mp3

god is the only god there are no other gods beside him yet mohammed could not free himself from the anthropomorphism of the god idea his one only god was an idealized almighty man like the stern vindictive god of moses and like the gentle loving god of christ

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ɡɑd ɪz ðʌ oʊnli ɡɑd ðɛɹ ɑɹ noʊ ʌðɜ˞ ɡɑdz bɪsaɪd hɪm jɛt moʊhæmɪd kʊd nɑt fɹi hɪmsɛlf fɹʌm ðʌ ænθɹʌpʌmɔɹfɪzʌm ʌv ðʌ ɡɑd aɪdiʌ hɪz wʌn oʊnli ɡɑd wɑz æn aɪdiʌlaɪzd ɔlmaɪti mæn laɪk ðʌ stɜ˞n vɪndɪktɪv ɡɑd ʌv moʊzʌs ʌnd laɪk ðʌ dʒɛntʌl lʌvɪŋ ɡɑd ʌv kɹaɪst

male

very high-pitch

very clean

slightly close-sounding

expressive and animated

almost no noise

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/mystery_oceanstar_1212_librivox/oceanstar_01_russell_64kb.mp3

the second mate as fearless a sailor as ever jockeyed a yardarm crawled about with a lantern but unearthed nothing mortal they searched the forepeak and afterwards the lazaretto in which they met with abundance of stores beef pork peas flour lime juice rum and the like

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ðʌ sɛkʌnd meɪt æz fɪɹlʌs ʌ seɪlɜ˞ æz ɛvɜ˞ ʌ kɹɔld ʌbaʊt wɪð ʌ læntɜ˞n bʌt ʌnɜ˞θt nʌθɪŋ mɔɹtʌl ðeɪ sɜ˞tʃt ðʌ ʌnd æftɜ˞wɜ˞dz ðʌ ɪn wɪtʃ ðeɪ mɛt wɪð ʌbʌndʌns ʌv stɔɹz bif pɔɹk piz flaʊɜ˞ laɪm dʒus ɹʌm ʌnd ðʌ laɪk

female

moderate pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

very bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/astounding_stories_07_1405_librivox/astoundingstories07_05_64kb.mp3

then what happens to your scheme sarka the third you see there is no change in the plans say one i am the master not you

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ðɛn wʌt hæpʌnz tu jɔɹ skim sɑɹkʌ ðʌ θɜ˞d ju si ðɛɹ ɪz noʊ tʃeɪndʒ ɪn ðʌ plænz seɪ wʌn aɪ æm ðʌ mæstɜ˞ nɑt ju

male

moderate pitch

slightly clean

slightly close-sounding

very monotone

clear

wonderful speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/strange_stories_chinese_studio_001_0904/chinesestudio_vol1_12_pusungling_64kb.mp3

near which none of the servants would venture and set to work closing up the frightful wound of which he died while thus employed interrupted from time to time by her sobs she felt a rising lump in her throat

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nɪɹ wɪtʃ nʌn ʌv ðʌ sɜ˞vʌnts wʊd vɛntʃɜ˞ ʌnd sɛt tu wɜ˞k kloʊzɪŋ ʌp ðʌ fɹaɪtfʌl waʊnd ʌv wɪtʃ hi daɪd waɪl ðʌs ɛmplɔɪd ɪntɜ˞ʌptɪd fɹʌm taɪm tu taɪm baɪ hɜ˞ sɑbz ʃi fɛlt ʌ ɹaɪzɪŋ lʌmp ɪn hɜ˞ θɹoʊt

female

very high-pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/fairmargaret_1611_librivox/fairmargaret_01_haggard_64kb.mp3

but aloud he said no wonder that our church rejoices in such a son and that her enemies tremble when he lifts her sword but señor you have not told me what you think of all this ceremony and people

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bʌt ʌlaʊd hi sɛd noʊ wʌndɜ˞ ðæt aʊɜ˞ tʃɜ˞tʃ ɪn sʌtʃ ʌ sʌn ʌnd ðæt hɜ˞ ɛnʌmiz tɹɛmbʌl wɛn hi lɪfts hɜ˞ sɔɹd bʌt ju hæv nɑt toʊld mi wʌt ju θɪŋk ʌv ɔl ðɪs sɛɹʌmoʊni ʌnd pipʌl

male

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clean

slightly close-sounding

very monotone

slightly noisy

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http://www.archive.org/download/richard_first_0902_librivox/richardthefirst_11_abbott_64kb.mp3

it is not known precisely what it was or how it was made it was an exceedingly combustible substance and was to be thrown on fire on the enemy and such was its nature that when once in flames nothing could extinguish it

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ɪt ɪz nɑt noʊn pɹɪsaɪsli wʌt ɪt wɑz ɔɹ haʊ ɪt wɑz meɪd ɪt wɑz æn ɪksidɪŋli sʌbstʌns ʌnd wɑz tu bi θɹoʊn ɑn faɪɜ˞ ɑn ðʌ ɛnʌmi ʌnd sʌtʃ wɑz ɪts neɪtʃɜ˞ ðæt wɛn wʌns ɪn fleɪmz nʌθɪŋ kʊd ɪkstɪŋɡwɪʃ ɪt

female

low-pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly close-sounding

expressive and animated

slightly noisy

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/french_revolution1_1508_librivox/french_revolution1_50_carlyle_64kb.mp3

off butchers answer they and the poor bodyguard is free busy runs gondran busy runs guards and captains scouring at all corridors dispersing rascality and robbery

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ɔf bʊtʃɜ˞z ænsɜ˞ ðeɪ ʌnd ðʌ puɹ bɑdiɡɑɹd ɪz fɹi bɪzi ɹʌnz bɪzi ɹʌnz ɡɑɹdz ʌnd kæptʌnz skaʊɜ˞ɪŋ æt ɔl kɔɹɪdɜ˞z dɪspɜ˞sɪŋ ʌnd ɹɑbɜ˞i

male

high-pitch

very clean

distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

almost no noise

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/littleduke_0803_librivox/littleduke_12_yonge_64kb.mp3

it's mine said richard i found your dog nearly spent and i made in to the rescue you did well done i would not have lost vige for all the plunder of italy

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ɪt'ɛs maɪn sɛd ɹɪtʃɜ˞d aɪ faʊnd jɔɹ dɔɡ nɪɹli spɛnt ʌnd aɪ meɪd ɪn tu ðʌ ɹɛskju ju dɪd wɛl dʌn aɪ wʊd nɑt hæv lɔst fɔɹ ɔl ðʌ plʌndɜ˞ ʌv ɪtʌli

male

slightly high-pitch

slightly clean

distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_06_montesquieu_64kb.mp3

true it is that philosophically speaking it is a false honor which moves all the parts of the government but even this false honor is as useful to the public as true honor could possibly be to private persons

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tɹu ɪt ɪz ðæt fɪlʌsɑfɪkʌli spikɪŋ ɪt ɪz ʌ fɔls ɑnɜ˞ wɪtʃ muvz ɔl ðʌ pɑɹts ʌv ðʌ ɡʌvɜ˞mʌnt bʌt ivɪn ðɪs fɔls ɑnɜ˞ ɪz æz jusfʌl tu ðʌ pʌblɪk æz tɹu ɑnɜ˞ kʊd pɑsʌbli bi tu pɹaɪvʌt pɜ˞sʌnz

male

slightly high-pitch

balanced in clarity

very distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/fairmargaret_1611_librivox/fairmargaret_01_haggard_64kb.mp3

among these were a man and a lady the latter attended by a handsome young woman who were all three sufficiently striking in appearance to attract some notice in the throng

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ʌmʌŋ ðiz wɜ˞ ʌ mæn ʌnd ʌ leɪdi ðʌ lætɜ˞ ʌtɛndɪd baɪ ʌ hænsʌm jʌŋ wʊmʌn hu wɜ˞ ɔl θɹi sʌfɪʃʌntli stɹaɪkɪŋ ɪn ʌpɪɹʌns tu ʌtɹækt sʌm noʊtʌs ɪn ðʌ θɹɔŋ

male

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clean

slightly distant-sounding

monotone

slightly noisy

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/thousand_nights_volume_09_1901_librivox/arabiannightsvolume9_30_anonymous_64kb.mp3

then zephyr arose to his task of sustaining the cup didst e'er see full moon that in hand the star hath ta'en how oft i talked through the night when its rounded lune shed on darkness of tigris bank a beamy rain and when

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ðɛn zɛfɜ˞ ɜ˞oʊz tu hɪz tæsk ʌv sʌsteɪnɪŋ ðʌ kʌp i'ɜ˞ si fʊl mun ðæt ɪn hænd ðʌ stɑɹ hæθ tɑ'ɛn haʊ ɔft aɪ tɔkt θɹu ðʌ naɪt wɛn ɪts ɹaʊndʌd ʃɛd ɑn dɑɹknʌs ʌv taɪɡɹʌs bæŋk ʌ ɹeɪn ʌnd wɛn

male

moderate pitch

clean

very close-sounding

very monotone

almost no noise

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/morals2_26_1506_librivox/morals2_28_plutarch_64kb.mp3

for every art and science takes care to collect many things from few and great from small and as if one that doth not know the power of letters when he sees a few ill-shapen strokes should not believe that a man skilled in letters could read in them the famous battles of the ancients

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fɔɹ ɛvɜ˞i ɑɹt ʌnd saɪʌns teɪks kɛɹ tu kʌlɛkt mɛni θɪŋz fɹʌm fju ʌnd ɡɹeɪt fɹʌm smɔl ʌnd æz ɪf wʌn ðæt dɔθ nɑt noʊ ðʌ paʊɜ˞ ʌv lɛtɜ˞z wɛn hi siz ʌ fju ɪl- stɹoʊks ʃʊd nɑt bɪliv ðæt ʌ mæn skɪld ɪn lɛtɜ˞z kʊd ɹɛd ɪn ðɛm ðʌ feɪmʌs bætʌlz ʌv ðʌ eɪntʃʌnts

male

slightly high-pitch

clean

slightly close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

very clear

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/ironbox_1611_librivox/ironbox_08_campbell_64kb.mp3

a familiar shape caught ken's eyes the man who had broken his watch crystal the man who had picked up barrack's package was squeezing himself through one rapidly narrowing entrance

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ʌ fʌmɪljɜ˞ ʃeɪp kɑt kɛn'ɛs aɪz ðʌ mæn hu hæd bɹoʊkʌn hɪz wɑtʃ kɹɪstʌl ðʌ mæn hu hæd pɪkt ʌp bæɹʌk'ɛs pækʌdʒ wɑz skwizɪŋ hɪmsɛlf θɹu wʌn ɹæpʌdli nɛɹoʊɪŋ ɛntɹʌns

female

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clean

slightly close-sounding

monotone

slightly noisy

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/human_understanding_iii_1909_librivox/humanunderstandingvol3_05_locke_64kb.mp3

and exactly compare different languages we shall find that though they have words which in translations and dictionaries are supposed to answer one another yet there is scarce one often amongst the names of complex ideas especially of mixed modes that stands for the same precise idea

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ʌnd ɪɡzæktli kʌmpɛɹ dɪfɜ˞ʌnt læŋɡwʌdʒʌz wi ʃæl faɪnd ðæt ðoʊ ðeɪ hæv wɜ˞dz wɪtʃ ɪn tɹænzleɪʃʌnz ʌnd dɪkʃʌnɛɹiz ɑɹ sʌpoʊzd tu ænsɜ˞ wʌn ʌnʌðɜ˞ jɛt ðɛɹ ɪz skɛɹs wʌn ɔfʌn ʌmʌŋst ðʌ neɪmz ʌv kɑmplɛks aɪdiʌz ʌspɛʃli ʌv mɪkst moʊdz ðæt stændz fɔɹ ðʌ seɪm pɹɪsaɪs aɪdiʌ

female

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balanced in clarity

distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/twelvestories_1603_librivox/twelvestories_11_wells_64kb.mp3

young man there's higher authority than mine render unto caesar what is it yes well he fetched up that a rare and hitting you over the head with the bible was the old man and so he went on he got to such snacks about me last i couldn't stand it i'd promised jane not to answer him back but it got a bit too thick i i give it to him

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jʌŋ mæn ðɛɹ'ɛs haɪɜ˞ ʌθɔɹʌti ðæn maɪn ɹɛndɜ˞ ʌntu sizɜ˞ wʌt ɪz ɪt jɛs wɛl hi fɛtʃt ʌp ðæt ʌ ɹɛɹ ʌnd hɪtɪŋ ju oʊvɜ˞ ðʌ hɛd wɪð ðʌ baɪbʌl wɑz ðʌ oʊld mæn ʌnd soʊ hi wɛnt ɑn hi ɡɑt tu sʌtʃ snæks ʌbaʊt mi læst aɪ 'ti stænd ɪt aɪ'di pɹɑmʌst dʒeɪn nɑt tu ænsɜ˞ hɪm bæk bʌt ɪt ɡɑt ʌ bɪt tu θɪk aɪ aɪ ɡɪv ɪt tu hɪm

male

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slightly clean

very close-sounding

very monotone

slightly noisy

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/worlds_best_mystery_5_1104_librivox/bestmysterystories5_05_hawthorne_64kb.mp3

might i suggest that you drink a glass of better wine with me i cannot afford better wine said the other indifferently i would look upon it as an honor to be allowed to show you our venetian hospitality

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maɪt aɪ sʌdʒɛst ðæt ju dɹɪŋk ʌ ɡlæs ʌv bɛtɜ˞ waɪn wɪð mi aɪ kænɑt ʌfɔɹd bɛtɜ˞ waɪn sɛd ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ aɪ wʊd lʊk ʌpɑn ɪt æz æn ɑnɜ˞ tu bi ʌlaʊd tu ʃoʊ ju aʊɜ˞ vʌniʃʌn hɑspʌtælʌti

female

moderate pitch

balanced in clarity

slightly distant-sounding

expressive and animated

noisy

very bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/great_pearl_secret_1810_librivox/greatpearlsecret_10_williamson_64kb.mp3

she was less superstitious and of harder mental fibre than most frenchwomen of the south and of her class but after the quarrel between the duke and duchess something within her shrank from keeping the secret appointment she had made

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ʃi wɑz lɛs supɜ˞stɪʃʌs ʌnd ʌv hɑɹdɜ˞ mɛntʌl faɪbɜ˞ ðæn moʊst ʌv ðʌ saʊθ ʌnd ʌv hɜ˞ klæs bʌt æftɜ˞ ðʌ kwɔɹʌl bɪtwin ðʌ duk ʌnd dʌtʃʌs sʌmθɪŋ wɪðɪn hɜ˞ ʃɹæŋk fɹʌm kipɪŋ ðʌ sikɹʌt ʌpɔɪntmʌnt ʃi hæd meɪd

male

very high-pitch

slightly clean

very close-sounding

very expressive and animated

almost no noise

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/grimmsfairytalesretoldonesyllable_1601_librivox/grimmsfairytalesinonesyllable_10_grimm_64kb.mp3

i had to do it for my wife wished so much for it that she would have died if she had not got it well if that is true said the witch you may have all you like but you must give me a pledge that you will do one thing

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aɪ hæd tu du ɪt fɔɹ maɪ waɪf wɪʃt soʊ mʌtʃ fɔɹ ɪt ðæt ʃi wʊd hæv daɪd ɪf ʃi hæd nɑt ɡɑt ɪt wɛl ɪf ðæt ɪz tɹu sɛd ðʌ wɪtʃ ju meɪ hæv ɔl ju laɪk bʌt ju mʌst ɡɪv mi ʌ plɛdʒ ðæt ju wɪl du wʌn θɪŋ

female

slightly high-pitch

slightly clean

very distant-sounding

very expressive and animated

noisy

very bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/villagelifeinamerica_1701_librivox/villagelifeinamerica_03_richards_64kb.mp3

friday may miss clark told us we could have a picnic down to sucker brook this afternoon and she told us to bring our rubbers and lunches by two o'clock but grandmother was not willing to let us go

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fɹaɪdi meɪ mɪs klɑɹk toʊld ʌs wi kʊd hæv ʌ pɪknɪk daʊn tu sʌkɜ˞ bɹʊk ðɪs æftɜ˞nun ʌnd ʃi toʊld ʌs tu bɹɪŋ aʊɜ˞ ɹʌbɜ˞z ʌnd lʌntʃɪz baɪ tu oʊ'klɑk bʌt ɡɹændmʌðɜ˞ wɑz nɑt wɪlɪŋ tu lɛt ʌs ɡoʊ

female

high-pitch

balanced in clarity

distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/mary_anerley_1912_librivox/maryanerley_52_blackmore_64kb.mp3

i may be going for a little walk but you will at once carry up the turbot mrs carnaby's appetite is delicate the butler had his own opinion upon that interesting subject but in her presence it must be his own

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aɪ meɪ bi ɡoʊɪŋ fɔɹ ʌ lɪtʌl wɔk bʌt ju wɪl æt wʌns kæɹi ʌp ðʌ tɜ˞boʊ mɪsɪz 'ɛs æpʌtaɪt ɪz dɛlʌkʌt ðʌ bʌtlɜ˞ hæd hɪz oʊn ʌpɪnjʌn ʌpɑn ðæt ɪntɹʌstɪŋ sʌbdʒɛkt bʌt ɪn hɜ˞ pɹɛzʌns ɪt mʌst bi hɪz oʊn

female

slightly high-pitch

balanced in clarity

very close-sounding

expressive and animated

slightly noisy

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/villagelifeinamerica_1701_librivox/villagelifeinamerica_03_richards_64kb.mp3

chloe said she had a very nice time so probably grandmother was alright as she generally is but i could not be as good as she is if i should try one hundred years tune

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kloʊi sɛd ʃi hæd ʌ vɛɹi naɪs taɪm soʊ pɹɑbʌbli ɡɹændmʌðɜ˞ wɑz ɔlɹaɪt æz ʃi dʒɛnɜ˞ʌli ɪz bʌt aɪ kʊd nɑt bi æz ɡʊd æz ʃi ɪz ɪf aɪ ʃʊd tɹaɪ wʌn hʌndɹʌd jɪɹz tun

female

high-pitch

clean

distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/riddle_universe_1301_librivox/riddleoftheuniverse_22_haeckel_64kb.mp3

this untenable myth was refuted long ago by scientific cosmogony astronomy and geology two jesus christ and three the holy ghost a mystical being over whose incomprehensible relation to the father and the son

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ðɪs ʌntɛnʌbʌl mɪθ wɑz ɹɪfjutɪd lɔŋ ʌɡoʊ baɪ saɪʌntɪfɪk ʌstɹɑnʌmi ʌnd dʒiɑlʌdʒi tu dʒizʌs kɹaɪst ʌnd θɹi ðʌ hoʊli ɡoʊst ʌ mɪstɪkʌl biɪŋ oʊvɜ˞ huz ɪŋkɑmpɹʌhɛnsɪbʌl ɹileɪʃʌn tu ðʌ fɑðɜ˞ ʌnd ðʌ sʌn

male

very high-pitch

clean

slightly close-sounding

very expressive and animated

almost no noise

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/atlantic_classics_1807_librivox/atlanticclassics_05_various_64kb.mp3

and there was always a boy do you remember him a boy of our own age mind you a boy who ostentatiously arose and with the decorum of a deacon dwelt upon his former iniquities and present beatitude

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ʌnd ðɛɹ wɑz ɔlweɪz ʌ bɔɪ du ju ɹɪmɛmbɜ˞ hɪm ʌ bɔɪ ʌv aʊɜ˞ oʊn eɪdʒ maɪnd ju ʌ bɔɪ hu ɑstʌnteɪʃʌsli ɜ˞oʊz ʌnd wɪð ðʌ dɪkɔɹʌm ʌv ʌ dikʌn dwɛlt ʌpɑn hɪz fɔɹmɜ˞ ʌnd pɹɛzʌnt

male

slightly low-pitch

balanced in clarity

very distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/mothers_dream_1712_librivox/mothersdream_46_gould_64kb.mp3

in it i beheld my rose tree stripped of flower and bud and leaf but thy naked stalk and branches filled me with methought i wept to see thee spoiled of all that made thee dear

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ɪn ɪt aɪ bihɛld maɪ ɹoʊz tɹi stɹɪpt ʌv flaʊɜ˞ ʌnd bʌd ʌnd lif bʌt ðaɪ neɪkʌd stɔk ʌnd bɹæntʃʌz fɪld mi wɪð miθɔt aɪ wɛpt tu si ði spɔɪld ʌv ɔl ðæt meɪd ði dɪɹ

female

moderate pitch

slightly clean

very close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/astounding_stories_07_1405_librivox/astoundingstories07_07_64kb.mp3

why should i safeguard jaska asked sarka quietly she is a true daughter of cleric if cleric doesn't fear for her to be spokesman of a gens why should i

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waɪ ʃʊd aɪ seɪfɡɑɹd æskt sɑɹkʌ kwaɪʌtli ʃi ɪz ʌ tɹu dɔtɜ˞ ʌv klɛɹɪk ɪf klɛɹɪk 'ti fɪɹ fɔɹ hɜ˞ tu bi spoʊksmʌn ʌv ʌ dʒɛnz waɪ ʃʊd aɪ

male

moderate pitch

slightly clean

slightly distant-sounding

monotone

clear

wonderful speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/worlds_best_mystery_5_1104_librivox/bestmysterystories5_05_hawthorne_64kb.mp3

andrea was about to put an end to the conversation when he noticed the landlord beckoning to him from the back of the room he noticed also that the other guests seemed much interested in his conversation with the jew

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ændɹiʌ wɑz ʌbaʊt tu pʊt æn ɛnd tu ðʌ kɑnvɜ˞seɪʃʌn wɛn hi noʊtʌst ðʌ lændlɔɹd bɛkʌnɪŋ tu hɪm fɹʌm ðʌ bæk ʌv ðʌ ɹum hi noʊtʌst ɔlsoʊ ðæt ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ ɡɛsts simd mʌtʃ ɪntɹʌstɪd ɪn hɪz kɑnvɜ˞seɪʃʌn wɪð ðʌ dʒu

female

moderate pitch

clean

slightly close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

noisy

very bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/dutchfairytalesforyoungfolks_1604_librivox/dutchfairytalesforyoungfolks_12_griffis_64kb.mp3

seeing the day breaking she and trintje and the kabouter flew away so as not to be petrified by the sunrise

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siɪŋ ðʌ deɪ bɹeɪkɪŋ ʃi ʌnd ʌnd ðʌ flu ʌweɪ soʊ æz nɑt tu bi pɛtɹʌfaɪd baɪ ðʌ sʌnɹaɪz

female

moderate pitch

slightly noisy

slightly close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

clear

moderate speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/thousand_nights_volume_09_1901_librivox/arabiannightsvolume9_30_anonymous_64kb.mp3

wilt thou that i tell thee the names of each of us and quoth the young man yes when the wazir said this is the commander of the faithful

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wɪlt ðaʊ ðæt aɪ tɛl ði ðʌ neɪmz ʌv itʃ ʌv ʌs ʌnd kwoʊθ ðʌ jʌŋ mæn jɛs wɛn ðʌ wɑzɪɹ sɛd ðɪs ɪz ðʌ kʌmændɜ˞ ʌv ðʌ feɪθfʌl

male

moderate pitch

clean

slightly close-sounding

very monotone

almost no noise

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/nobody_1404_librivox/nobody_24_warner_64kb.mp3

i'll put something else there what do you suppose the white mouse had to do with your old gentleman's seclusion seclusion living shut up you mean why don't ye see he believed the mouse was the spirit of the child leastways the spirit of the child was in it

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aɪ' pʊt sʌmθɪŋ ɛls ðɛɹ wʌt du ju sʌpoʊz ðʌ waɪt maʊs hæd tu du wɪð jɔɹ oʊld dʒɛntʌlmʌn'ɛs sɪkluʒʌn sɪkluʒʌn lɪvɪŋ ʃʌt ʌp ju min waɪ dɑn'ti ji si hi bɪlivd ðʌ maʊs wɑz ðʌ spɪɹʌt ʌv ðʌ tʃaɪld ðʌ spɪɹʌt ʌv ðʌ tʃaɪld wɑz ɪn ɪt

female

moderate pitch

very clean

very close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

clear

great speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/treasury_david_vol2_1108_librivox/treasuryofdavid2_02_spurgeon_64kb.mp3

both soul and body shall be overwhelmed with utter destruction for ever and ever and not build them up god's curse is positive and negative his sword has two edges and cuts right and left

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boʊθ soʊl ʌnd bɑdi ʃæl bi oʊvɜ˞wɛlmd wɪð ʌtɜ˞ dɪstɹʌkʃʌn fɔɹ ɛvɜ˞ ʌnd ɛvɜ˞ ʌnd nɑt bɪld ðɛm ʌp ɡɑd'ɛs kɜ˞s ɪz pɑzʌtɪv ʌnd nɛɡʌtɪv hɪz sɔɹd hæz tu ɛdʒʌz ʌnd kʌts ɹaɪt ʌnd lɛft

female

slightly high-pitch

clean

very close-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

clear

wonderful speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/helen_of_troy_and_other_poems_1511_librivox/helenoftroy_60_teasdale_64kb.mp3

the cries of trojan women as they flee the quivering moan of pale andromache now lifted loud with pain and now brought low

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ðʌ kɹaɪz ʌv tɹoʊdʒʌn wɪmʌn æz ðeɪ fli ðʌ kwɪvɜ˞ɪŋ moʊn ʌv peɪl naʊ lɪftʌd laʊd wɪð peɪn ʌnd naʊ bɹɔt loʊ

female

slightly high-pitch

slightly clean

very distant-sounding

slightly expressive and animated

slightly noisy

slightly bad speech quality

http://www.archive.org/download/mary_anerley_1912_librivox/maryanerley_54_blackmore_64kb.mp3

for he is used to that but he never will forgive me absconding and leaving my fellows as he puts it to bear the brunt he says that i am a dastard

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