anchorite

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I don't believe he owes a penny in the world; and as for drink, why he is a perfect Anchorite.

From Caught in the Net by Gaboriau, Émile

Then her Pasport shall be made, And to Cyprus Isle convayd, And at Paphos, in her Shryne, Where she hath beene held divine, For her offences found contrite, There to live an Anchorite.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

This heavenly bow, exceeding bright, These youths shall see, O Anchorite.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

The Island of the Anchorite Here they found a wooded island full of birds, and on it a solitary man, whose only clothing was his hair.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Few of them ever heard the story of Joseph the Anchorite, and how he sought flesh within its portals; those who have will not repeat it.

From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Beach, Rex Ellingwood