A love like mine, Sir, I feel, is contracted once and for ever.

For the Japanese, continued Russian control of Ying-k'ou was not simply a legal matter. Since Ying-k'ou was the major port of entry for Japanese goods into Manchuria, the Russian occupation threatened to undermine Japanese commercial interests.

I can make kings and unsceptre them, / Yet cannot give my heart to whom I choose.

He gonked out on the bed.