Explanation: He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at that time of his repulse, which, in his merry humours, he tells us, has been in and out twelve times since he first wore it.
Answer: This long sentence has been quoted from the essay "of the club" composed by Richard Steele who is the one who created the Spectator as well as the Spectator club. Here Steele, the collaborator to Joseph Addison has drawn the character of Sir Roger dear de Coverley. He has invented this wonderful and interesting character in the history of English Literature.
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The first member of the Spectator club is Sir Roger de Coverley. Sir Roger is a baronet of ancient descent. He is a man of singular behavior. He is whimsical but not stubborn or bitter. He remains a bachelor because he had been rejected by a young widow. Now he is fifty-six. He is indifferent to his fashion and his dress. He is negligent about his clothes. He continues to put on a coat and doublet of old-fashioned cut. he still wears the dresses of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his disappointment in love with the widow. In his jolly moods Sir Roger tells us that the dress has been in and out of fashion twelve times since he first put on it Before being crossed in love, he was a dashing and fashionable man. But now he is wholly careless of fashion.
The oddity and eccentricity of Sir Roger's disposition are clearly shown through these lines.
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