He had not minded the peculiarities of his birth, the vicissitudes of his life, the meteor-like uncertainty of all that related to him, because these appertained to the hero of his story, without whom there would have been no story at all for him; and it seemed to be only in the nature of things that matters would right themselves at some proper date and wind up well.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

"When the impetuous young woman," Frederick went on, "the blessedly impetuous young woman, blurted out in the nick of time that I am Rose's husband, you behaved exactly as a man would have behaved to his friend."
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

A few drops of either the pure castoreum or the combination spread upon the bait or in the neighborhood of the trap, as described under the chapter on the Beaver, will entice that animal from a great distance.
— from Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Gibson

He had not minded the peculiarities of his birth, the vicissitudes of his life, the meteorlike uncertainty of all that related to him, because these appertained to the hero of his story, without whom there would have been no story at all for him; and it seemed to be only in the nature of things that matters would right themselves at some proper date and wind up well.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

In starting the seed, drought is the chief hindrance to be overcome in the North, owing to the season at which the seed must be sown; hence, the aim should be to begin preparing the seed-bed as long as possible before the sowing of the seed.
— from Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw

Nancy had made two visits in succession, both offered in the nature of tributes to her charms and virtues, and she did not wish a third.
— from Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin