text_original: Martial spent thirty years of meanness as a needy parasite of fashionable circles, catering for their appetite for scandalous talk, and selling for a paltry dole his wit, his gaiety, and his licentious fancy ; and when he went at last to his little town in Spain whose calm he had long sighed for, he spoke of it with disgust 1 84 The Earlier Empire. and weariness, and longed to be back at Rome again.
text_transcription: MARSHALL SPENT THIRTY YEARS OF MEANNESS AS A NEEDY PARASITE OF FASHIONABLE CIRCLES CATERING FOR THEIR APPETITE FOR SCANDALOUS TALK AND SELLING FOR A PALTRY DOLE HIS WIT HIS GAIETY AND HIS LICENTIOUS FANCY AND WHEN HE WENT AT LAST TO HIS LITTLE TOWN IN SPAIN WHOSE CALM HE HAD LONG SIGHED FOR HE SPOKE OF IT WITH DISGUST AND WEARINESS AND LONGED TO BE BACK AT ROME AGAIN
phonemes: mˈɑːɹʃəl spˈɛnt θˈɜːɾi jˈɪɹz ʌv mˈiːnnəs æz ɐ nˈiːdi pˈæɹəsˌaɪt ʌv fˈæʃənəbəl sˈɜːkəlz, kˈeɪɾɚɹɪŋ fɔːɹ ðɛɹ ˈæpɪtˌaɪt fɔːɹ skˈændələs tˈɔːk, ænd sˈɛlɪŋ fɚɹə pˈɔːltɹi dˈoʊl hɪz wˈɪt, hɪz ɡˈeɪəɾi, ænd hɪz laɪsˈɛnʃəs fˈænsi ; ænd wɛn hiː wɛnt æt lˈæst tə hɪz lˈɪɾəl tˈaʊn ɪn spˈeɪn hˌuːz kˈɑːm hiː hæd lˈɔŋ sˈaɪd fɔːɹ, hiː spˈoʊk ʌv ɪt wɪð dɪsɡˈʌst wˈʌn ˈeɪɾi fˈɔːɹ ðɪ ˈɜːlɪɚɹ ˈɛmpaɪɚ. ænd wˈɪɹinəs, ænd lˈɔŋd təbi bˈæk æt ɹˈoʊm ɐɡˈɛn.