He was vehement in his opposition to this claim.

He could not bear to think of his brother having married a foreigner--a papist, a fisherman's daughter; nay, of his having become a papist himself.

He was in despair at the thought of his ancestral property going to the issue of such a marriage.
He fought tooth and nail, making enemies of his relations, and losing almost all his own private property; for he would go on against the lawyer's advice, long after every one was convinced except himself and his wife.

At last he was conquered.

He gave up his living in gloomy despair.