text_original: He had amused himself with letters as he had amused himself with literary men, and sometimes with rallying a bevy of the maids of honor to the bombardment of a pasteboard citadel and a cannonade of sugar plums^ 278 A HISTORY OF THE FOUR GEORGES, ch. zxxix. He had written verses ; among the rest, a love tribute to his wife, full of rapture and enriched with the most out  spoken description of her various charms of person, which, however, he assures us, were nothing to her charms of mind.
text_transcription: HE HAD AMUSED HIMSELF WITH LETTERS AS HE HAD AMUSED HIMSELF WITH LITERARY MEN AND SOMETIMES WITH RALLYING A BEVY OF THE MAIDS OF HONOR TO THE BOMBARDMENT OF A PASTEBOARD CITADEL AND A CANNONADE OF SUGAR PLUMS HE HAD WRITTEN VERSES AMONG THE REST A LOVE TRIBUTE TO HIS WIFE FULL OF RAPTURE AND ENRICHED WITH THE MOST OUTSPOKEN DESCRIPTION OF HER VARIOUS CHARMS OF PERSON WHICH HOWEVER HE ASSURES US WERE NOTHING TO HER CHARMS OF MIND
phonemes: hiː hæd ɐmjˈuːzd hɪmsˈɛlf wɪð lˈɛɾɚz æz hiː hæd ɐmjˈuːzd hɪmsˈɛlf wɪð lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi mˈɛn, ænd sˈʌmtaɪmz wɪð ɹˈæliɪŋ ɐ bˈɛvi ʌvðə mˈeɪdz ʌv ˈɑːnɚ tə ðə bəmbˈɑːɹdmənt əvə pˈeɪstbɔːɹd sˈɪɾədˌɛl ænd ɐ kˈænənˌeɪd ʌv ʃˈʊɡɚ plˈʌmz tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt ɐ hˈɪstɚɹi ʌvðə fˈɔːɹ dʒˈɔːɹdʒᵻz, sˌiːˈeɪtʃ. zˌiːˈɛkszˈɪks. hiː hæd ɹˈɪʔn̩ vˈɜːsᵻz ; ɐmˌʌŋ ðə ɹˈɛst, ɐ lˈʌv tɹˈɪbjuːt tə hɪz wˈaɪf, fˈʊl ʌv ɹˈæptʃɚ ænd ɛnɹˈɪtʃt wɪððə mˈoʊst ˈaʊt spˈoʊkən dᵻskɹˈɪpʃən ʌv hɜː vˈɛɹiəs tʃˈɑːɹmz ʌv pˈɜːsən, wˈɪtʃ, haʊˈɛvɚ, hiː əʃˈʊɹz ˌʌs, wɜː nˈʌθɪŋ tə hɜː tʃˈɑːɹmz ʌv mˈaɪnd.