text_original: George was a great letter writer. To adopt a modern phrase, he "fancied himself" as a composer of State papers. It seems marvellous now that a man so lazy by nature should have found the time to pen so many documents of the kind.
text_transcription: GEORGE WAS A GREAT LETTER WRITER TO ADOPT A MODERN PHRASE HE FANCIED HIMSELF AS A COMPOSER OF STATE PAPERS IT SEEMS MARVELLOUS NOW THAT A MAN SO LAZY BY NATURE SHOULD HAVE FOUND THE TIME DEPEND SO MANY DOCUMENTS OF THE KIND
phonemes: dʒˈɔːɹdʒ wʌzɐ ɡɹˈeɪt lˈɛɾɚ ɹˈaɪɾɚ. tʊ ɐdˈɑːpt ɐ mˈɑːdɚn fɹˈeɪz, hiː "fˈænsid hɪmsˈɛlf" æz ɐ kəmpˈoʊzɚɹ ʌv stˈeɪt pˈeɪpɚz. ɪt sˈiːmz mˈɑːɹvələs nˈaʊ ðˌæɾə mˈæn sˌoʊ lˈeɪzi baɪ nˈeɪtʃɚ ʃˌʊdəv fˈaʊnd ðə tˈaɪm tə pˈɛn sˌoʊ mˈɛni dˈɑːkjuːmənts ʌvðə kˈaɪnd.