eremite

Example Sentences

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Most scrupulous of painters, he lived like an eremite, relentlessly purged his optic sense of all illusion, all imaginative invention.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been one of the demons who tempted St. Anthony, and retailed anecdotes of that eremite which Euschemon had never heard mentioned in Paradise.

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard

Around the cell of some eremite like Anthony, who fixed his retreat on Mount Colzim, a number of humble imitators gathered, emulous of his austerities and of his piety.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

What eremite dwelleth here, like St. Stylites at the top of his column?—a question which Mohi seemed all eagerness to have answered.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

I had unearthed my game at last and discovered my eremite in his mystic seclusion.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.