His method certainly goes against the grain, but it is unquestionably effective.
By going against the grain and going to work nude, you've made yourself a laughing stock.''.
Say, you chose him / More after our commandment than as guided / By your own true affections, and that your minds, / Preoccupied with what you rather must do / Than what you should, made you against the grain / To voice him consul: lay the fault on us.''.