text_original: APOLOGUE A young painter, indulging a vein of pleasantry, sketched a kind of conversation piece, representing a bear, an owl, a monkey, and an ass; and to render it more striking, humorous, and moral, distinguished every figure by some emblem of human life.
text_transcription: APOLOGUE A YOUNG PAINTER INDULGING A VEIN OF PLEASANTRY SKETCHED A KIND OF CONVERSATION PIECE REPRESENTING A BEAR AN OWL A MONKEY AND AN ASS AND TO RENDER IT MORE STRIKING HUMOROUS AND MORAL DISTINGUISHED EVERY FIGURE BY SOME EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE
phonemes: ɐpˈɑːlɑːɡ ɐ jˈʌŋ pˈeɪntɚ, ɪndˈʌldʒɪŋ ɐ vˈeɪn ʌv plˈɛzəntɹi, skˈɛtʃt ɐ kˈaɪnd ʌv kɑːnvɚsˈeɪʃən pˈiːs, ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntɪŋ ɐ bˈɛɹ, ɐn ˈaʊl, ɐ mˈʌŋki, ænd ɐn ˈæs; ænd tə ɹˈɛndɚɹ ɪt mˈɔːɹ stɹˈaɪkɪŋ, hjˈuːmɚɹəs, ænd mˈɔːɹəl, dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃt ˈɛvɹi fˈɪɡjɚ baɪ sˌʌm ˈɛmbləm ʌv hjˈuːmən lˈaɪf.