text_original: The record, as we can read it in his own account, is disastrous and dreary enough. The regiment to which Roger Sterne belonged was per  petually on the move ; the births and deaths of Mrs. Sterne's children succeeded each other with painful ra  pidity; again and again was little Laurence in imminent peril of shipwreck on the stormiest seas ; he experienced in his earliest years all that was worst and most disagree  able in the life of camp followers.
text_transcription: THE RECORD AS WE CAN READ IT IN HIS OWN ACCOUNT IS DISASTROUS AND DREARY ENOUGH THE REGIMENT TO WHICH ROGERS STEARNE BELONGED WAS PERPETUALLY ON THE MOVE THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS OF MISSUS STEARNE'S CHILDREN SUCCEEDED EACH OTHER WITH PAINFUL RAPIDITY AGAIN AND AGAIN WAS LITTLE LAWRENCE IN IMMINENT PERIL OF SHIPWRECK ON THE STORMIEST SEAS HE EXPERIENCED IN HIS EARLIEST YEARS ALL THAT WAS WORST AND MOST DISAGREEABLE IN THE LIFE OF CAMP FOLLOWERS
phonemes: ðə ɹˈɛkɚd, æz wiː kæn ɹˈiːd ɪɾ ɪn hɪz ˈoʊn ɐkˈaʊnt, ɪz dɪzˈæstɹəs ænd dɹˈɪɹi ɪnˈʌf. ðə ɹˈɛdʒɪmənt tʊ wˌɪtʃ ɹˈɑːdʒɚ stˈɜːn bᵻlˈɔŋd wʌz pɜː pˈɛtʃuːəli ɔnðə mˈuːv ; ðə bˈɜːθs ænd dˈɛθs ʌv mˈɪsɪz. stˈɜːnz tʃˈɪldɹən səksˈiːdᵻd ˈiːtʃ ˈʌðɚ wɪð pˈeɪnfəl ɹˈɑː pˈɪdᵻɾi; ɐɡˈɛn ænd ɐɡˈɛn wʌz lˈɪɾəl lˈɔːɹəns ɪn ˈɪmɪnənt pˈɛɹəl ʌv ʃˈɪpɹɛk ɔnðə stˈɔːɹmiɪst sˈiːz ; hiː ɛkspˈiəɹɪənst ɪn hɪz ˈɜːlɪɪst jˈɪɹz ˈɔːl ðæt wʌz wˈɜːst ænd mˈoʊst dˌɪsɐɡɹˈiː ˈeɪbəl ɪnðə lˈaɪf ʌv kˈæmp fˈɑːloʊɚz.