It was aman dressed in a suit of black velvet, cut in the Spanish fashion.
这是个穿着一套黑色天鹅绒衣服的男人,衣服按着西班牙的式样裁剪。
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It was then the fashion in Bengal to assign each manof letters a place in comparison with a supposed compeer in the West.
在当时的孟加拉,人们时兴给每个文人指定一个与西方某作家相类似的地位。
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Never mind that tastes changed over his long career so that he went in and out offashion, and finally in again, the art market eventually making him a very rich man.