text_original: As for Mary, Godwin's friendship, coming just when it did, was an inestimable service. Never in all her life / had she needed sympathy as she did then. She was virtually alone. Her friends were kind, but their kindness could not quite take the place of the indivi* WILLIAM GODWIN. 183 dual love she craved. Imlay had given it to her for a while, and her short lived happiness with him made her present loneliness seem more unendurable.
text_transcription: AS FOR MARY GODWIN'S FRIENDSHIP COMING JUST WHEN IT DID WAS AN INESTIMABLE SERVICE NEVER IN HER LIFE HAD SHE NEEDED SYMPATHY AS SHE DID THEN SHE WAS VIRTUALLY ALONE HER FRIENDS WERE KIND BUT THEIR KINDNESS COULD NOT QUITE TAKE THE PLACE OF THE INDIVIDUAL LOVE SHE CRAVED EMILY HAD GIVEN IT TO HER FOR A WHILE AND HER SHORT LIVED HAPPINESS WITH HIM MADE HER PRESENT LONELINESS SEEM MORE UNENDURABLE
phonemes: æz fɔːɹ mˈɛɹi, ɡˈɑːdwɪnz fɹˈɛndʃɪp, kˈʌmɪŋ dʒˈʌst wɛn ɪt dˈɪd, wʌz ɐn ɪnˈɛstᵻməbəl sˈɜːvɪs. nˈɛvɚɹ ɪn ˈɔːl hɜː lˈaɪf slˈæʃ hæd ʃiː nˈiːdᵻd sˈɪmpəθi æz ʃiː dˈɪd ðˈɛn. ʃiː wʌz vˈɜːtʃuːəli ɐlˈoʊn. hɜː fɹˈɛndz wɜː kˈaɪnd, bˌʌt ðɛɹ kˈaɪndnəs kʊd nˌɑːt kwˈaɪt tˈeɪk ðə plˈeɪs ʌvðɪ ˌɪndˈɪvi ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk wˈɪljəm ɡˈɑːdwɪn. wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː dˈuːəl lˈʌv ʃiː kɹˈeɪvd. ɪmlˈeɪ hæd ɡˈɪvən ɪt tə hɜː fɚɹə wˈaɪl, ænd hɜː ʃˈɔːɹt lˈɪvd hˈæpɪnəs wɪð hˌɪm mˌeɪd hɜː pɹˈɛzənt lˈoʊnlinəs sˈiːm mˈɔːɹ ˌʌnɛndˈʊɹɹəbəl.