text_original: Roger Sterne was a gentleman of good family and narrow means, who 300 A BISTORT OF THE FOUB GEORGES. cb.zu. had adopted arms as his profession and had not prospered therein. He had married a wife who was herself a sutler's widow, and who blessed Ensign Sterne with a swift and steady succession of offspring, of whom Laurence was the second.
text_transcription: ROGER STEARNE WAS A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD FAMILY AND NARROW MEANS WHO HAD ADOPTED ARMS AS HIS PROFESSION AND HAD NOT PROSPERED THEREIN HE HAD MARRIED A WIFE WHO WAS HERSELF A SUTLER'S WIDOW AND WHO BLESSED ENSIN STERN WITH A SWIFT AND STEADY SUCCESSION OF OFFSPRING OF WHICH LAWRENCE WAS THE SECOND
phonemes: ɹˈɑːdʒɚ stˈɜːn wʌzɐ dʒˈɛntəlmən ʌv ɡˈʊd fˈæmɪli ænd nˈæɹoʊ mˈiːnz, hˌuː θɹˈiːhˈʌndɹɪd ɐ bˈɪstɔːɹt ʌvðə fˈaʊb dʒˈɔːɹdʒᵻz. sˌiːbˈiː.zˈuː. hæd ɐdˈɑːptᵻd ˈɑːɹmz æz hɪz pɹəfˈɛʃən ænd hæd nˌɑːt pɹˈɑːspɚd ðɛɹˈɪn. hiː hæd mˈæɹid ɐ wˈaɪf hˌuː wʌz hɜːsˈɛlf ɐ sˈʌtlɚz wˈɪdoʊ, ænd hˌuː blˈɛst ˈɛnsaɪn stˈɜːn wɪð ɐ swˈɪft ænd stˈɛdi səksˈɛʃən ʌv ˈɔfspɹɪŋ, ʌv hˈuːm lˈɔːɹəns wʌzðə sˈɛkənd.