text_original: [Sidenote: Anderson's _Poets of Great Britain_. *] "The character of Jonson, like that of most celebrated wits, has been drawn with great diversity of lights and shades, according as affection or envy guided the pencil. His person, as he has himself told us, was corpulent and large. His disposition seems to have been reserved and saturnine, and sometimes not a little oppressed with the gloom of a splenetic imagination....
text_transcription: FROM ANDERSEN'S POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN AZTE RISQUE THE CHARACTER OF JOHNSON LIKE THAT OF MOST CELEBRATED WITS HAS BEEN DRAWN WITH GREAT DIVERSITY OF LIGHTS AND SHADES ACCORDING AS AFFECTION OR ENVY GUIDED THE PENCIL HIS PERSON AS HE HAS HIMSELF TOLD US WAS CORPULENT AND LARGE HIS DISPOSITION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN RESERVED AND SATURNINE AND SOMETIMES NOT A LITTLE OPPRESSED WITH THE GLOOM OF HIS PLENETIC IMAGINATION
phonemes: [sˈaɪdnoʊt: ˈændɚsənz pˈoʊɪts ʌv ɡɹˈeɪt bɹˈɪtən. ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk] "ðə kˈæɹɪktɚɹ ʌv dʒˈɑːnsən, lˈaɪk ðæt ʌv mˈoʊst sˈɛləbɹˌeɪɾᵻd wˈɪts, hˈæzbiːn dɹˈɔːn wɪð ɡɹˈeɪt daɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv lˈaɪts ænd ʃˈeɪdz, ɐkˈɔːɹdɪŋ æz ɐfˈɛkʃən ɔːɹ ˈɛnvi ɡˈaɪdᵻd ðə pˈɛnsəl. hɪz pˈɜːsən, æz hiː hɐz hɪmsˈɛlf tˈoʊld ˌʌs, wʌz kˈɔːɹpjʊlənt ænd lˈɑːɹdʒ. hɪz dˌɪspəzˈɪʃən sˈiːmz tə hɐvbɪn ɹɪzˈɜːvd ænd sˈæɾɚnˌaɪn, ænd sˈʌmtaɪmz nˌɑːɾə lˈɪɾəl əpɹˈɛst wɪððə ɡlˈuːm əvə splɛnˈɛɾɪk ɪmˌædʒᵻnˈeɪʃən....