text_original: Of this no one was more sensible than Napoleon. Spain was engulfing his best troops ; he had in front of him an army which, though beaten, was equal in numbers to his own ; whilst around him he had a seething Germany, ready, as the events of 1813 proved, to rise en masse against him, should it appear that Fortune had abandoned him.
text_transcription: OF THIS NO ONE WAS MORE SENSIBLE THAN NAPOLEON SPAIN WAS ENGULFING HIS BEST TROOPS HE HAD IN FRONT OF HIM AN ARMY WHICH THOUGH BEATEN WAS EQUAL IN NUMBERS TO HIS OWN WHILST AROUND HIM HE HAD A SEETHING GERMANY READY AS THE EVENTS OF EIGHTEEN THIRTEEN PROVED TO RISE ALL MAS AGAINST HIM SHOULD IT APPEAR THAT FORTUNE HAD ABANDONED HIM
phonemes: ʌv ðɪs nˈoʊwˈʌn wʌz mˈɔːɹ sˈɛnsᵻbəl ðɐn nɐpˈoʊlɪən. spˈeɪn wʌz ɛŋɡˈʌlfɪŋ hɪz bˈɛst tɹˈuːps ; hiː hæd ɪn fɹˈʌnt ʌv hˌɪm ɐn ˈɑːɹmi wˈɪtʃ, ðˌoʊ bˈiːʔn̩, wʌz ˈiːkwəl ɪn nˈʌmbɚz tə hɪz ˈoʊn ; wˌaɪlst ɚɹˈaʊnd hˌɪm hiː hæd ɐ sˈiːðɪŋ dʒˈɜːməni, ɹˈɛdi, æz ðɪ ᵻvˈɛnts ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːtiːn pɹˈuːvd, tə ɹˈaɪz ɑːn mˈæs ɐɡˈɛnst hˌɪm, ʃˌʊd ɪɾ ɐpˈɪɹ ðæt fˈɔːɹtʃʊn hæd ɐbˈændənd hˌɪm.