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153 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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153 months ago

   wrote:

was the one to have set the way of doing things in Rome

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

was the one to set the fashion scene/initiated the fashion

My comment:

cannot be literal here as in :had to limit himself with setting the scene

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153 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

was the one to set the fashion scene/initiated the fashion

My comment:

cannot be literal here as in :had to limit himself with setting the scene

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153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

I was wondering about this. I wasn't sure "was limited to dictating the laws of fashion" wouldn't take it from context how he was limited.

153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

That is why I suggested the literal translation would not do here. Maybe you misunderstood me. I said the literal translation of "limiting himself" does not seem to apply here

153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

I imagine that the limiting part might refer to him being obliged, because of certain high society rules, which may be unspoken but understood, to initiate the fashionable activity.

153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

It seems that this passage refers to the law or expectation that was in fashion for men in high society to have as many lovers that they could possibly find.

153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

then he was "limited" as in the literal translation; you can use 'limited himself or , he had to content himself; he had to be content with"

153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

It seems the marquis titles, his and his father's, were fake, his mother died insane in an asylum, his own mental health was questionable (hence the suicide?), his wife couldn't wait to get a divorce from him and his father-in-law wouldn't leave him a penny. http://tinyurl.com/ofsscbe http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/29003735/

153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

if he was limited to laying down the letter of the fashion law..... in other words, due to his familial oddities, he was the prime fashionista of the day

153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

That is why I suggested the literal translation would not do here. Maybe you misunderstood me. I said the literal translation of "limiting himself" does not seem to apply here

153 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

then he was "limited" as in the literal translation; you can use 'limited himself or , he had to content himself; he had to be content with"

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