英语有短语 “can’t bring yourself to do something ”，意为 to be unable to do something because it is too unpleasant or embarrassing, or makes you too upset。

网友的句子中的 one's self 疑为反身代词 oneself 的笔误。因为物主代词修饰名词self，通常需要在中间加形容词，例如：your old self，his usual happy self，her real self，his private/professional self，your good self， your former self。

作者对短语作了修改，杜撰出了本句。

One might bring oneself to announce lawyers and town councilmen, but a tailor was too much.

= One might bring oneself to announce lawyers and town councilmen, but to announce a tailor was too much.

= One might bring oneself to announce lawyers and town councilmen, but one couldn not bring oneself to annouce a tailor.

句子意思为：一个人可以炫耀律师、市政议员造访自己，但一个裁缝的造访却不是一件值得炫耀的事。

announce visitors: 宣布客人到达。

例如，主人在聚会时向客人宣布某人到达时，说某某律师到，某某议员到，自己脸上很有光彩。而宣布某某裁缝到，则可能令自己尴尬，可能会说是自己的朋友，而不宣布职业。

纯属个人理解，抛砖引玉。