text_original: If he thought of these elder children at all, it was only to re  member that some of them were living in luxury, and that they ought to support him in his penniless old age. If he wrote to them, he wrote begging letters, appealing to them in exactly the same spirit as he might have appealed THE STORY OF THE PAST. 51 to the Duke^ of Wellington or Miss Burdett Coutts.
text_transcription: IF HE THOUGHT OF THESE ELDER CHILDREN AT ALL IT WAS ONLY TO REMEMBER THAT SOME OF THEM WERE LIVING IN LUXURY AND THAT THEY OUGHT TO SUPPORT HIM IN HIS PENNILESS OLD AGE IF HE WROTE TO THEM HE WROTE BEGGING LETTERS APPEALING TO THEM IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPIRIT AS HE MIGHT HAVE APPEALED TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON OR MISS BURDETT COOTS
phonemes: ɪf hiː θˈɔːt ʌv ðiːz ˈɛldɚ tʃˈɪldɹən æɾ ˈɔːl, ɪt wʌz ˈoʊnli tə ɹˌiː mˈɛmbɚ ðæt sˌʌm ʌv ðˌɛm wɜː lˈɪvɪŋ ɪn lˈʌkʃɚɹi, ænd ðæt ðeɪ ˈɔːt tə səpˈɔːɹt hˌɪm ɪn hɪz pˈɛnɪləs ˈoʊld ˈeɪdʒ. ɪf hiː ɹˈoʊt tə ðˌɛm, hiː ɹˈoʊt bˈɛɡɪŋ lˈɛɾɚz, ɐpˈiːlɪŋ tə ðˌɛm ɪn ɛɡzˈæktli ðə sˈeɪm spˈɪɹɪt æz hiː mˌaɪthɐv ɐpˈiːld ðə stˈɔːɹi ʌvðə pˈæst. fˈɪfti wˈʌn tə ðə dˈuːk ʌv wˈɛlɪŋtən ɔːɹ mˈɪs bˈɜːdɪt kˈaʊts.