He fought the dilemma long, but yielded at last.

It was a great deliverance.

Perhaps the savage reader would like a specimen of his style.

I do not mean this term to be offensive.

I only use it because "the gentle reader" has been used so often that any change from it can not but be refreshing: "Save us and sanctify us, and finally, then, See good provisions we enjoy while we journey to Jerusalem.
For so man proposes, which it is most true And time will wait for none, nor for us too." The sea has been unusually rough all day.