text_original: Pope was not a scholar, 250 THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE. ch. xixii. even in the sense which the word bore during the reign of Queen Anne. It would hardly be true to say of him as Ben Jonson said of Shakespeare, that he knew little Latin and less Greek; but he certainly had not a scholar's acquaintance with the language of Homer, and he must have helped himself sometimes, as a modern schoolboy might do, with his Latin translation to supply his deficiencies in Greek.
text_transcription: POPE WAS NOT A SCHOLAR EVEN IN THE SENSE WHICH THE WORD BORE DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANN IT WOULD HARDLY BE TRUE TO SAY OF HIM AS BEN JONSON SAID OF SHAKESPEARE THAT HE KNEW LITTLE LATIN AND LESS GREEK BUT HE CERTAINLY HAD NOT A SCHOLAR'S ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LANGUAGE OF HOMER AND HE MUST HAVE HELPED HIMSELF SOMETIMES AS A MODERN SCHOOLBOY MIGHT DO WITH HIS LATIN TRANSLATION TO SUPPLY HIS DEFICIENCIES IN GREEK
phonemes: pˈoʊp wʌz nˌɑːɾə skˈɑːlɚ, tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ðə ɹˈeɪn ʌv kwˈiːn ˈæn. sˌiːˈeɪtʃ. zˈɪksɪˌaɪ. ˈiːvən ɪnðə sˈɛns wˌɪtʃ ðə wˈɜːd bˈɔːɹ dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə ɹˈeɪn ʌv kwˈiːn ˈæn. ɪt wʊd hˈɑːɹdli biː tɹˈuː tə sˈeɪ ʌv hˌɪm æz bˈɛn dʒˈɑːnsən sˈɛd ʌv ʃˈeɪkspɪɹ, ðæt hiː nˈuː lˈɪɾəl lˈætɪn ænd lˈɛs ɡɹˈiːk; bˌʌt hiː sˈɜːʔn̩li hæd nˌɑːɾə skˈɑːlɚz ɐkwˈeɪntəns wɪððə lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ʌv hˈoʊmɚ, ænd hiː mˈʌstɐv hˈɛlpt hɪmsˈɛlf sˈʌmtaɪmz, æz ɐ mˈɑːdɚn skˈuːlbɔɪ mˌaɪt dˈuː, wɪð hɪz lˈætɪn tɹænslˈeɪʃən tə səplˈaɪ hɪz dᵻfˈɪʃənsiz ɪn ɡɹˈiːk.