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.

You know the foolishness of fighting; here is a haven of rest; and you must needs go back to wringle wrangle among the literary men of London.

It was Sweet Alice who introduced me to the various renter types, and explained to me their costumes, and their habits, and their skills.

I cannot omit to take notice here of that common axiom, A good textuary is a good divine; and to observe, that it is most true, if rightly understood: if by a textuary, we mean him who hath not only a concordance of Scriptures in his memory, but also a commentary on them in his understanding […]