| 单词 | anchorite |
| 例句 | Sometimes I play chess with one of my colleagues, an anchorite like myself, who suffers from post-polio syndrome. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We can think of it as a dedicated mutual aversion to their own kind, a little as if the world were densely populated by anchorites and misanthropes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What was once a reclusive aerie for hippy anchorites feeding off the zen is now a major destination for adventure tourism, a place to unleash your inner intrepid. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one We see Moore and her mother living together in Greenwich Village “like anchorites.” A Wide-Roaming and Personal Meditation on Dürer and His Art 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Her self-torturing asceticism verged on the holier-than-thou, and her preoccupation with bodily chastisement was akin to that of the desert saints and anchorites, says Saunders. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders |Book review 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z What was once a reclusive aerie for hippy anchorites feeding off the zen is now a major destination for adventure tourism, a place to unleash your inner intrepid. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one On one side, you have Paulo: a zealous anchorite who has spent 10 years in the wilderness worshipping God. Damned by Despair – review 2012-10-11T11:50:26Z In the 1970s, commercial plywood caught Judd’s eye and he used it in a suite of boxy sculptures that look like a cross between shipping containers and anchorite cells. The Many Moods and Pleasures of Judd’s Objects 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Many writers are deskbound anchorites; Kurkov is a compulsively social animal with a deep bench of illustrious friends. How Ukraine’s Greatest Novelist Is Fighting for His Country 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z They’ve just been walled in, closed off, “like those anchorites” — medieval ascetics — “who used to build themselves into the walls of churches and see insane, terrifying visions and write about them.” Emerald Fennell’s Dark, Jaded, Funny, Furious Fables of Female Revenge 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z She was an anchorite who detailed her ecstatic visions of God, whom she saw as a mother. Reading Nook: For Rivka Galchen, subways are for reading 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z The men are like tangled electric wires, sparking one another into insult, retort, slander; they talk over and through one another, shouting at city-desk anchorites on the other end of the phone line. The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z There have been hermits – also known as recluses, monks, misanthropes, ascetics, anchorites, swamis – at all times in recorded history, across all cultures. Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years | Michael Finkel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z I know within that I could live a life of permanent isolation like an anchorite, yet I know also that I would not want to. Life without sex – it's better than you think 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z But it would be a mistake to depict him as some kind of anchorite, the altar of his desk having kept him from the stuff of real life. Robert Silvers interview: 'Someone told me Martin Scorsese might be interested in making a film about us. And he was' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z I hadn’t even understood what an anchorite was. Reading Nook: For Rivka Galchen, subways are for reading 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Of the actual number of the anchorites, those who are acquainted with the extreme unveracity of the first historians of the movement will hesitate to speak with confidence. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z It is just such a spot as an anchorite like St Kevin would choose as a place for contemplation and prayer. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Even yet were they undecided whether to abandon themselves to the contemplative life of anchorites or to undertake the great work of evangelization which lay before them in its immensity. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z There was another anchorite female who was supposed to have lived here for 138 years and who was greatly revered. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z In other instances, anchorites became wise people to visit and from whom to seek council. Reading Nook: For Rivka Galchen, subways are for reading 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z The world grew accustomed to a dangerous alternation of extreme asceticism and gross vice, and sometimes, as in the case of Antioch,339 the most vicious and luxurious cities produced the most numerous anchorites. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Her lips were of the color of coral and the softness of down and her mouth displayed such beauties as would thaw the very bosom of an anchorite. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z There exists an account by a witness of the sensation his thin, ascetic face caused in the court, as if an early Syrian anchorite had wandered thither. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z No anchorite could fare worse, no hero could dare more; yet his wild, hard life has resistless charms; and, while he can wield a rifle, he will never leave it. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Our Savior himself… did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Relations of female devotees with the anchorites, ii. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z He was living like an anchorite, fasting and working hard, surrounded by books and manuscripts all day and night, and far into the small hours of the morning. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z The anchorite fathers of St. Agura have ordained that I should drink milk from a cow only, so that I may not get old quickly; so what is to be done? Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Perhaps I was an anchorite, all ashamed, for I would not have it said of me, for vanity. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z So might an anchorite have touched the wood of the true Cross--so reverent, so humble, so full of adoration and worship was the touch. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Relations of female devotees with the anchorites, 120. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The anchorite's plea was not always as good as his practice. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z An ill man?" and the friar crossed himself; "a saint, an anchorite, the very pillar of this house! The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Even I, loving Silver Heels with my whole heart and soul, find subtle danger in the eyes of Marie Hamilton, and shun her faint smile with the instant instinct of an anchorite. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z All who knew him united in saying that he had the pity of a woman, the generosity of a prince, the self-denial of an anchorite, the courage of Cæsar, and the enthusiasm of a poet. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Surely, if this was the case, she must have had the taste of an anchorite. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z However, I've done very well—have only not been quite such an anchorite as I had planned. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The legend grew until, in the year 813, a Galician anchorite beheld from the mouth of his cavern a brilliant star, which shone persistently above a certain bramble-wood in the outskirts of Iria. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z And here abode they with Brother Toretus, an anchorite, and other brethren, then dwelling there, four days, thirty in all, of whom ten were priests. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z His piety which was that of an anchorite, did not deprive him of any kingly virtue. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z But when the King requested the seeming holy man to assist him in burying the anchorite’s remains he was surprised to see him turn and make off at a good speed, despite his alleged lameness. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z She laughed outright, she scorned him quite, She deftly filled her pitcher; For that dear sight an anchorite Might deem himself the richer. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z So the childish imagination of Spain, shut out from fairyland, makes friends with the saints in such innocent, familiar way as well might please even Ribera's anchorites. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The monks, the anchorites and their theology of impotent celibates, did they save Egypt, Syria, and Byzantium? Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z It was not by frequent Communion that the holy anchorites sanctified themselves, but by the exact observance of the duties of their calling. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z This is followed by the life and extraordinary knowledge of anchorites. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z He had another brother called Ultan, who, after a long monastic probation, had also adopted the life of an anchorite. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z Such as these might have been the emissaries of Satan who tempted anchorites of old to commit unpardonable sins. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Now lacking her, the day and night are dimmed, She is established in my heart: Beside another love in regal state, I live like any anchorite! Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z He made up his mind to neglect Miss Phyllida Courteen, and having done so, went back to the ballroom with the temerity of a successful anchorite. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The Buddhist and the Christian anchorite may, for a time, live on charity, yet each succeeding generation of ascetics will more and more dislike the plan of winning food by misery. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z How this bishop foretold that his own death was at hand to the anchorite Herebert. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z "No," replied the Vizier, "if it would Nu‘mán becomes an anchorite. but last." A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z There are still to be found traces in some of the older churches of the rooms of anchorites. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z There was nothing left of the anchorite's cell save scattered stones, and the shred of wall on which Mrs. Stoddart was sitting. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z "The Awakened call patience the highest penance, long-suffering the highest Nirvana, for he is not an anchorite who strikes others, he is not an ascetic who insults others." Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The anchorites in general lived separately, but sometimes in communities. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The extravagance of the Egyptian anchorites is well known. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z I love it more than words of mine can say, And more than anchorite may breathe in prayer. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z He is, then, a Don Juan disguised as an anchorite. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z He lived first as an anchorite in the forest of Mendonk, and afterwards in the monastery founded with his assistance by Amandus at Ghent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z The religious Orders consist of anchorites, monks, nuns and knights. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z This is the spirit which of old peopled the desert with anchorites; the spirit which in all ages, though under divers forms, has made a religion of selfishness. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z "In my old age I have become an anchorite." Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z If the stomach is empty the brain is doubly active, as appears from the hallucinations of the anchorites who had long abstained from food. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z The word may be taken to mean the Cleric of God; perhaps, later, it was the equivalent of anchorite. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z He measured out his money with the strictest parsimony, existed on the cheapest forms of food, and amid the riot of New York lived the life of an anchorite in his cell. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z You were not born, poor anchorite, To say to a woman: "Be mine." Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z My only alternative therefore was either to live like an anchorite, or to go about among the aristocracy of the neighborhood. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z When he "began to be about thirty years of age," he met with John Baptist, a strange sort of anchorite, who used to dress in camelshair and eat locusts and wild honey. Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester 2011-07-22T02:00:20.277Z Song, quip, and practical joke followed one another incessantly, with all the thoughtless abandon of happy children, and mirthful enjoyment that might have thawed an anchorite. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z It was with quotations from the Bible that the celebrated anchorite entertained the people who called upon him to ask for spiritual help. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z Do modern Christians live the life of anchorites? The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z There was an anchorite in one corner of Faversham churchyard, and an anchoress in another, and in their cells they sat and sulked their lives away, and never did any work. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Some anchorite surely, weary of the world, whose wounded spirit needs the healing influences of nature unalloyed by man, has built his dwelling here. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z Joan's prettiest smile was apparently wasted upon the temperament of an anchorite. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Otto III. remained three years longer in Italy, dividing his time between pompous festivals and visits to religious anchorites. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z His existence resembled rather that of an anchorite weeping for the sins of his youth, than that of a great Emperor who makes the happiness of his people. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Now and then one of these anchorites descended to the towns, and preached to flocks of penitents in the Greek idiom, which was understood by all. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z After the death of his mother, in about 1830, he led a life of complete solitude, and became a scientific anchorite. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The gallant Italian is now a fresh anchorite, avoiding the pomps of Satan and the opera in this Thebais. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z "You ought not to have made yourself such an anchorite," he said at last. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Fortunately for the little anchorite of the football field he had achieved a theory during his sheltered meditations and it worked. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z Have the purity of virgins, the austerity of anchorites, the zeal of pastors and bishops, and the constancy of martyrs. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z Thus, one after the other, the heathen gods were addressed as if they were present endeavouring to win back the anchorite to their worship. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z There was a cave upon the summit of the hill, that had once been the abode of an anchorite. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Ri'shi, skt., a prophet or seer, an inspired poet, a hermit having acquired wisdom in saintly retirement, a recluse or anchorite. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z The sharp winds of winter, and frequent fall of snow, rendered their exposure in the open air somewhat impossible, but the longing for an anchorite's life, was nevertheless quite as strong. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z An improvement in his health permitted him to mingle a little with other human beings, and to become less exclusively an anchorite of the intellect. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z “Alas, alas!” exclaimed the anchorite, as Jovinian and his attendant rode off; “you will never gain heaven if you thus refuse our way of seeking it.” Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Do I not assure you he is an anchorite. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z The original discipline of the anchorite was severe in the extreme. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z False proved the lady, and thenceforth the knight, Casting aside the buckler and the brand, Lived, an austere and lonely anchorite, In a drear mountain-cave in Holy Land. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Here they told us that a solitary anchorite spent his life, praying and doing service at his altar, far above the sounds of human life. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The pale brow of the anchorite flushed as he heard the young man speak. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z It is an illustrated picture-book of poetical legends, which are bloodless and painless, though fantastic, like the lives of pious anchorites in the wilderness, and amid the birds of the field. Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z During all these, labouring men are strictly prohibited from every employment, and, as they desire their souls to be saved, are compelled to live like anchorites, to the serious diminution of their bodily strength. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z His existence resembled rather that of an anchorite weeping for the sins of his youth, than that of a great emperor who makes the happiness of his people. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The anchorite who returns to the world generally plunges deeply into the whirling vortex of pleasure, to make up as far as possible for all he has lost. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Such was the commencement in Italy of the anchorite or monkish system, which had long existed in the East, and which soon spread over the western part of Christendom. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z The boy needs to develop a sort of anchorite spirit and seek out a secluded place with an armful of books that are really worth while. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z The land swarms with friars, monks, and anchorites, who are habited in yellow dresses, as the badge of poverty, or in the prepared skin of the antelope. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z "Here," said the anchorite; and he took the Rat out of his wallet. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "I have been forced to lead the life of an anchorite for the past fortnight; but such nectar as this cannot inflame, it only soothes," and he reached out his hand toward the decanter. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z “You will come back and join us?” said the anchorite, not at all aware of the impression made on Jovinian’s mind. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Shame on you, pious anchorite," I said, "were you so wedded to earthly possessions that the loss of them rouses your anger? Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z I do not affect the airs of an anchorite. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z "Very well," said the anchorite, "I shall soon find you a husband worthy of you." The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Thereafter they bade farewell to the anchorite, and fared forth on the ocean once more. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The anchorite yellow-hammer persistently declining cheese with his bread is always pleasant. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History The truly pious anchorite does not lay up stores for the morrow. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z He has been a sort of anchorite ever since. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z "I," stammered the anchorite, blushing, "I'm too old." The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z In it they found another anchorite clothed only in his hair. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race As an anchorite covets, Venetian, Immortal calm, I crave and covet this! Yolanda of Cyprus The Indian is a mixture of the ideally perfect, and the grotesquely hideous, heroic at one moment, cowardly the next, free as a bird, and restricted as an anchorite. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z Fit only for a bear or an anchorite. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z For he was in love with two things at once, a romance and a woman; and an anchorite would fairly have lost his head after the divine dawn of beauty in Leilah Derran. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Probably we are to understand that he was an anchorite seeking for an islet on which to dwell in solitude and contemplation. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race She became a disciple of the modern philosophy of introspection, which, unlike that of the stoic and anchorite, is not intended to humble desire, but to create a morbid craving for the unattainable. With Edge Tools Our wine parties lack half their zest, since thou hast turned anchorite. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs The priests quickly parted, and all those in the temple beheld the anchorite of Lebanon, utterly nude, horrible with his tall, gaunt, yellow body. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity For the same book Billfri� the anchorite made a beautiful metal cover, gilded and bejewelled. The Story of Books An anchorite cannot afford to be too cleanly or fastidious; but then I was not intended for an anchorite. On the Heights A Novel "I want you to be civilized beings and not anchorites," she replied. With Edge Tools The term was also used of the small sleeping apartments of the monks, or a small apartment used by the anchorite or hermit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" In the midst of this mad round-dance, at the very feet of the goddess, with inconceivable rapidity the anchorite from the mountains of Lebanon was whirling on one spot, in snowy-white, waving raiment. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity He has been compared to a lady disappointed in love, taking the veil; and, rather inconsistently with this figure, to a sated sensualist becoming an anchorite. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Mathilde, we are not anchorites; we are not even private citizens. On the Heights A Novel A glass of sherry after soup is allowed to the merest anchorite, therefore my friends opined that they could not do less than order a bottle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 She was attracted by what she had heard of the desert anchorites, and in 1363-1364, after much struggle, persuaded her parents to allow her to take the habit of the Dominican tertiaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Phrygian music, harlequined to meet the needs of Forty-second Street and its anchorites, flared and receded with the opening and closing of gilded doors. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole It contains four monasteries, the remains of the famous anchorite settlement of Nitriae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Living an anchorite's life in German villages, in Pacific colonies, on Cape Cod or Kerguelen's Land, the delicate French spirit wastes itself away. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. The cucullus worn by the early Egyptian anchorites was a hood covering the head and neck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The mountain of Quarantina, the scene of the forty days' temptation of our Saviour, is pierced all over with the caves excavated by the ancient anchorites, and which look like pigeons' nests. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Within was kneeling an anchorite of the order of Erdbuhár on a piece of matting. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries They demand the chastity of an anchorite and the devotion of a knight of the Grail. Command Yet so it proved; for so much do circumstances make the difference between the anchorite and the revolutionist, and so possible is it for the same character to be very noisy and very still. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 I had come across the anchorite some six or eight miles from B----, so I concluded that something must be known of him there, and this proved to be the case. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Numerous anchorites followed his example, all living separately, but meeting together on Sundays for public prayer. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Was it to be expected that with his beauty, his figure, his voice, his charm, and above all, his genius, he should be an anchorite? Francezka Such a philosopher is as much above an anchorite, as a wise matron, who passes through the world with innocence, is preferable to the nun who locks herself up from it. The Tatler, Volume 3 But it is legendary that, in the solitudes of the Theba�d, dispossessed eidolons of R�, appearing in the shape of chimeras, terrified anchorites, to whom, with vengeful eyes, they indicated their ruined altars. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Indeed how should a child of this world, however well disposed, understand an anchorite consecrated in all his works and ways to God? The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. He was a famous anchorite, and was made chief of all the monks of Palestine by Sallustius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, about the year 490. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Is it any wonder, I say, that Count Saxe was no anchorite with all this adulation and flattery bestowed upon him—with women throwing themselves at his head and at his feet? Francezka He could not help himself, he was driven to create anew societies, nay whole cities of anchorites. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages When he came to H—— several years ago, he led the life of an anchorite, along with an old housekeeper, in —— Street. Weird Tales. Vol. I It was late in Autumn, about the middle of November--the 14th, if I do not mistake--when I set out to pay my anchorite a visit. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Yet still there remained rigorous anchorites who renounced their associated brethren as these had renounced the world, and the monastery was surrounded by their circle of solitary cells—a Laura, it was called. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Among seculars shipwrecks are more frequent and sudden, because the difficulties of navigation are greater; but with anchorites storms are less violent, the calm is almost undisturbed. Vocations Explained Matrimony, Virginity, The Religious State and The Priesthood "I have at command," he wrote, "a rill of water, a shady wood, a rocky cave, and roots of fern, for every one of these would-be anchorites." A History of the English Church in New Zealand An anchorite might have coveted such an animal. History of Morgan's Cavalry You will readily understand that I could not drive this anchorite of mine out of my thoughts, and that I experienced an irresistible longing to see him again. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The solitary anchorite was soon supplanted by the cœnobitic establishment, the monastery. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition No trace now remains of the spring of water there, called "Gerardin's Well," from which the anchorite drank a thousand years ago. A Calendar of Scottish Saints For I fancied I read between your lines that your scheme of life had not been precisely that of an anchorite. When Ghost Meets Ghost And the minister goes back to his work, ironly honest, mastering his sensibilities, tearing great gaps in his heart, even as the anchorites once fretted their bodies with hair-cloth and scourgings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 Thus equipped, I set out one fine morning in search of my anchorite. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The influence of the heathen classics, which that austere anchorite had in early life admired, but had vainly attempted to free himself from by unremitting nocturnal flagellations, appears in this great version. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Ambrose the anchorite bowed his head, And girded his loins and went away. A line-o'-verse or two Goethe has also described erotico-religious ecstasy; for example, at the end of the second part of Faust, in the prayers addressed by certain anchorites to the queen of heaven. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study I believe in what I may call the modified anchorite ... women are too emotional and get between a man and his work. Changing Winds A Novel Here was an anchorite of the early ages of Christianity, in the body, seated in one of Salvator Rosa's wild mountain scenes. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. It was a sight that would have tempted an anchorite. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware Ambrose the anchorite old and grey Larruped himself in his lonely cell, And many a welt on his pious pelt The scourge evoked as it rose and fell. A line-o'-verse or two You old grim wolf, Biterolf, you cling to the notion that a singer must lead the life of an anchorite to preserve his voice. Melomaniacs Do you think I'm a saint—an anchorite? The Vagrant Duke It would not suit you, captain, to go through life as an anchorite or a Catholic priest, but it really agrees with me very well. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Nor can it be said that the actor was quite an anchorite: few French bachelors are. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 The very next night our anchorite Of the Flowing Bowl drank long and deep. A line-o'-verse or two He was supposed to live like an anchorite. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America A horror of life, a dread of the sins of the world, drive men into the desert, to live as hermits and anchorites. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors It was inhabited by an "inclusus," or immured anchorite, who daily received one penny by the charity of the King. Memorials of Old London Volume I But I am a poor anchorite and one unable to help you, save by friendly counsel. Robin Hood The fire that flashed from his cold gray eyes matched that from the pale blue ones of the elderly anchorite. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Plod in thy cave, gray anchorite; Be wiser than thy peers; Augment the range of human power, And trust to coming years. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul The sanctity of the place was established in the thirteenth century, the tradition being that the relics of St. Nicholas and St. Trano, anchorites and martyrs here a.d. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. His cell was a vivid reminder of the bare cells of anchorites and hermits. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story "I am but a poor anchorite, a curtal friar," replied the other, pushing out for his side of the river. Robin Hood Yet flow these not from any base distrust Of a fair name, or that thy honour must Confin'd to those cold relics sadly sit In the same cell an obscure anchorite. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II The probability is that it was built by some of those Culdee anchorites of whom Dasent speaks as the first settlers of Iceland. The Land of Thor The preliminary bouts ran their course, of interest only to those immediately concerned, who were more truly alone in the midst of that vast concourse than some anchorite in the desert of Sahara. Malcolm Sage, Detective This is the self spring whence cometh all the monasteries and nunneries, and anchorites’ cells in all the world. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Enclosed with high oaken stakes and well guarded by two gaunt hounds was the humble abode of the anchorite. Robin Hood But that the Abbot of the Cerro Ajusco was no anchorite they were already aware, and saw nothing in it to surprise them. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley “It is some anchorite whose brain is turned by solitude,” said Pedro Diaz; “I shall terminate the conference with a bullet from my rifle.” Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Visitors of the same sex, or children, could enter the cell freely, or the anchorite might speak through his window to any person. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford I should think no man could rise thereto that dwelt not in anchorite’s cell, and scourged him on the bare back every morrow, and ate but of black rye-bread, and drank of ditch-water. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers It is a sort of combat of Spiritual and Fleshly Love; and Armonde ends as a kind of irregular anchorite, having previously "spent several days in deliberating the cut of his vestments." A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century For his monastery, as “Bolton Abbey in the olden time,” saw many a scene of good cheer, its inmates being no anchorites. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley I seek these anchorites, not in ruth, To curse and to deny your truth; Not as their friend, or child, I speak! Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold A science of household or isolated individual economy could, of course, treat only of the economic relations of anchorites. Principles Of Political Economy Truly he led an anchorite’s life, going to and fro with clockwork regularity, and denying himself all those diversions in Society which are ever at the command of a notable man. The Seven Secrets In short, the notices of deserts, hermits, and anchorites to be found, lives of saints, etc. etc., are innumerable.—P. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 He was neither surly enough to refuse the light play to which she invited him, nor anchorite enough to be insensible to the flattery of being sought. From the Car Behind Christian and pagan, king and slave, Soldier and anchorite, Distinctions we esteem so grave, Are nothing in their sight. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold The anchorite’s abode was, as Wagner had expected to find it, rude and cheerless. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf When I have any more doctrinaire anchorites to convert, I shall not call a family council. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice The ecclesiastical writers of these early times not unfrequently refer to such self-denying and secluded anchorites. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 On the other hand, St Cyran said of him, “He has not the virtue of a saint or an anchorite, but I know no man of his condition who is so solidly virtuous.” Pascal Ah me! we anchorites read things best, Clearest their course discern! Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold But to his astonishment the emblem of Christianity was not there; and it now struck him for the first time that the anchorite wore no beads around his waist. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf How can you get men with strong amative propensities to live like anchorites?” The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Various early English authors also allude to the habitations and lives of different anchorites belonging to our own country. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 Her attitude, that of a youthful Niobe, all tears, but at the same time all curves and delicious contours, would have played the deuce with an anchorite. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol By adopting an anchorite's regimen, he strengthened, it is true, the spiritual part of his nature; and certainly seemed to believe his heart would be satisfied with friendship. My Recollections of Lord Byron And thou art so ravishingly beautiful in thy aerial drapery, and thy wreaths of flowers, that an anchorite could not view thee with indifference! Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf A description of this anchorite of the rocks will be given in a later chapter. Birds of the Rockies Such a burst of laughter shook the room As might dispel a desert anchorite's gloom. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 When the last sleepy caress had been given, all men who lacked the caution of the anchorite, were sooner or later destined to hear that cry. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel What was he doing, then, when, at barely twenty-two years of age, he adopted an anchorite's régime, so as to render his soul more independent of matter? My Recollections of Lord Byron These anchorites did not eschew social enjoyment, but held little love feasts. Duffels Because I'm quite insensible to your charms, don't fool yourself that I'm an anchorite. Black Oxen It was said that he was an anchorite who lived in the Franconian forests and preached renunciation of all earthly pleasures. The Goose Man He smiled, believing he had discovered a humorous and more human motive for the exhausting piety of the anchorites. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel But this natural sobriety became soon after the sobriety of an anchorite, which lasted more or less all his life, and was a perfect phenomenon. My Recollections of Lord Byron The anchorite, who was on his knees before a crucifix, did not speak until he had finished his devotions. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 It seemed as though their souls were violently assaulted by devils, like those of the anchorites of olden days. Modern Saints and Seers Priests, convents, beads, prayers, processions, fastings, penances, all the same, not forgetting anchorites, and vermin, he! he! The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Many persons gathered around me, offering to become anchorites. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul "An anchorite," says Moore, "who knew Lord Byron about this time, could not have desired for himself greater indifference toward all the attractions of the senses, than Lord Byron showed at the age of twenty-three." My Recollections of Lord Byron “Vátápi, thou with cruel spite Hast conquered many an anchorite The noblest of the Bráhman caste,— And now thy ruin comes at last.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Go to thy wife's tomb," said the anchorite, "and there thou wilt find a weed. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce The Gaul labours here, and the Frank: knightly Norman,—mighty Ostrogoth,—and wasted anchorite of Idumea. Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens "She is enough to tempt an anchorite," declares Mr. Murray, gallantly. Floyd Grandon's Honor Christian asceticism took early root there, and during the first centuries of our era thousands of anchorites inhabited the deserts of the Thebaid, and carried on there religious exercises of extreme austerity. Mystics and Saints of Islam Thou, true to virtue's path, hast might To screen each trusting anchorite, And wilt from thy new home defend The hermits who on thee depend. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse “The anchorites,” said Pascal, “each in his cave, solitary, abstemious, showed forth in its strength the principle of Devotion, leaving Charity unthought of.” The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Whole peoples cannot arbitrarily cut themselves off from the rest of the world, like isolated individuals forswearing society and setting up as anchorites in the jungle. The New World of Islam They have a most agreeable chat until Mr. Grandon comes in, when Denise sends up some tea and wafer biscuits that would tempt an anchorite. Floyd Grandon's Honor The anchorites that barked themselves up in hollow trees and immured themselves in hollow walls, that perverse man that barrelled himself in a tub, all could stand or sit, and enjoy some change of posture. Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel With cloudless lustre rose the sun; The king, his morning worship done, Ordered his heralds to invite The princes and the anchorite. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse “What essential do they overlook, as the anchorite and the crusader overlooked this same charity?” The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance He dressed himself like an automaton, and breakfasted like an anchorite. The Flaw in the Sapphire Very shy and very quiet, he moves about the world unperceived, and has all the reluctances of the anchorite. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 And then James Houghton decamped to a small, half-furnished bedroom at the other end of the house, where he slept on a rough board and played the anchorite for the rest of his days. The Lost Girl A league, O Prince, beyond this spot Stands holy Śarabhanga's cot: The very sun is not more bright Than that most glorious anchorite: To him, O Ráma, quickly turn, And blessings from the hermit earn. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Some youthful anchorite, perhaps, was he, and this the fair temptation that had assailed his fancy; such a vision as St. Anthony wrestled with in the grievous solitude of his hermit cell. Under the Rose Dumb were its walls as when they refused to return the murmured orisons of the anchorite. Rookwood His life at this period was one of truly apostolic simplicity; although seventy years old, his habits were as frugal and austere as those of any anchorite. Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings He did not drink or smoke, was abstemious and clean as an anchorite, and never lowered his fine tone. The Lost Girl To gratify the lady's will, His father's promise to fulfil, He left his realm and all delight For Daṇḍak wood, an anchorite. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse But, alas! what can I, the man with a borrowed name and borrowed learning, say in reply to the first Query of the busy anchorite? Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. A wedded man in the eyes of the world, God has called him in reality to be an anchorite of the Order of Providence, to follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him The solitude of the holy anchorite was interrupted by the persistent and despairing clamor of the sick to whom he gave119 health. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing For daily they sighed, and then nightly they pined But little to anchorite precepts inclined, So smitten with beauty’s enchantments were they, These rollicking, frolicking monks of the Wey. The Gypsies Search clustering groves on mountain heights, And woods the home of anchorites. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse His philosophy had made him neither an ascetic nor an anchorite. Mary Wollstonecraft The cavern was in the shape of a cross, and had evidently been the abode of some anchorite of a time long past. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North From time to time anchorites sought refuge in that ultima Thule, "that they might pray to God in peace"; but whether they did any direct work of conversion is doubtful. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 After a few centuries a far more wholesome type of monachism supplanted the hermits; the anchorites of the Middle Ages retained the solitary life, but were very unlike the crazy savages of the Thebaid. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Eight thousand seasons winged their flight Over the toiling anchorite— Upon that hill my days were spent,— And then to heaven the hermit went. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Surely never did the austerities of monk or anchorite so entirely cast all these away as his peculiar nature removed them from him. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author The place was the abode of an anchorite, save for a rich Damascene curtain draped before a recess at one end. The Sins of Séverac Bablon For a time he tasted the life of the anchorite and the coenobite. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 A man that always used to take his two bottles as regularly as myself—I am a foe to excess, ladies, but Haycock's an anchorite, d—— me—a monk! Kate Coventry An Autobiography Joy, joy! the pinions, which the Lord Of Day consumed, are now restored Through the dear grace & boundless might Of that illustrious anchorite. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The tortures of the classic Hades, and the disgusting inflictions courted by the anchorites of old, and the Brahmins of later times, do not approach the horrors of such an act of self-torture. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author That waltz—listen to it"—lifting up an eager finger—"would it not wake an anchorite from his ascetic dreams? April's Lady A Novel The monasteries which rose all over the land, with the huts of hermits and the cells of anchorites, were the seed-plots of religion and sacred lore. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 I had all the madness of the anchorite upon me in the midst of youthful society, yet without his asceticism, and certainly without his vanity. Rattlin the Reefer The former word properly signifies an anchorite or hermit; the latter has reference chiefly to wisdom. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse He is not, however, an anchorite, or hard upon youth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Your eternal quotations would destroy the patience of an anchorite. April's Lady A Novel Bishops, anchorites, monks, often, it would seem, rose far above the standard of their day: men noted their lives with awe and remembered them with reverence. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 For neither the colonel himself nor the ex-army surgeon are anchorites, however much they have of late been compelled to the habit. The Lone Ranche So Bharat with his army spent The watches of the night content, And gladly, with the morning's light Drew near his host the anchorite. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Oh, tell me, where may I go to become an anchorite! The Armourer's Prentices And in any case an anchorite, and a woman-hater, would never be much in my line. The Great Amulet All this is much, and most upon a throne; As temperance, if at Apicius' board, Is more than at an anchorite's supper shown. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 Why, sirrah, you are an anchorite! a vile, insensible stock! Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform How could we, O beloved, blame Thy lofty-souled Videhan dame, Who in the good of all delights, And more than all of anchorites? The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse I ask nothing, and my life of anchorite seclusion shuts out all bearers of tidings. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Nevertheless, in every single one there was an anchorite of some kind, engaged in painful meditation. Caves of Terror You live the life of an anchorite here, never coming to the city, and I remain in retirement, scarcely ever going from the city. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 Earth is our school, our sphere; and I more than doubt whether the anchorite's dreaming of heaven, or the spirit of the "Saints' Rest," is the true spiritual condition. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter In every spot throughout the grove With evil thoughts the monsters rove, Assailing with their secret might Each unsuspecting anchorite. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Sir, though I am now an anchorite I have lived in your bustling world, and seen—ay, quite as much as anyone of its manifold wickedness. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Hardly three-quarters of an hour from the monastery, and not two hours and a half, as these worthy anchorites believed. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Gudrid then took the veil and became an anchorite, and lived there the rest of her days. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Priests, p. 213convents, beads, prayers, processions, fastings, penances, all the same, not forgetting anchorites and vermin, he! he! Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 From these fierce rovers of the night Defend each stricken anchorite. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse He once goes out a-hunting and in the pursuit of a deer comes near the hermitage of the sage Kanwa, the chief of the hermits, where some anchorites request him not to kill the deer. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists Thank you, pious anchorites of Greccio, thank you for the bread that you went out and begged when I arrived at your hermitage benumbed with cold and hunger. Life of St. Francis of Assisi I have never pretended to be an anchorite. Enter Bridget In some of the churchyards there lived anchorites, anchoresses, and hermits. Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century Here, surely, is the home, in sight, Of that illustrious anchorite: Here great Agastya's brother leads A life intent on holy deeds. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse His dinner was the meal of an anchorite, and who would have guessed that these confounded sparks would have bounced into his little refectory at that hour of the morning? The House by the Church-Yard About St. Anthony were already assembled many anchorites who gave him their obedience. History Of Ancient Civilization Regina, don't begin city life by a system of starvation that would do infinite credit to a Thebaid anchorite. Infelice There were also bequests to 2 anchoresses, 1 anchorite, and 1 hermit, to pray for the soul of the testator and the souls aforesaid. Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century The fair Julia is just twenty—eyes, you dog—lips, you rascal—a shape, you blockhead, to bewitch an anchorite. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales But Father Roach, though sometimes a little bit testy, and, on the whole, not without faults, was as good-natured an anchorite as ever said mass or brewed a contemplative bowl of punch. The House by the Church-Yard The first anchorites established themselves in the deserts and the ruins of the district of Thebes in Upper Egypt, which remained the holy land of the solitaries. History Of Ancient Civilization The picture next to the last described is more pleasing; it represents the troop of holy anchorites passing out of a rocky defile. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The splendid and often licentious music of the theatre built its most worthy effects on the work of the pious composer, who lived, labored, and died in an atmosphere of almost anchorite sanctity. Great Italian and French Composers The smile would have dazzled an anchorite, let alone a man who didn't know whether he loved her for certain, but who was willing to give odds that he did! Arms and the Woman "You will find that I am not altogether an anchorite," Dartrey observed, as they settled into their places. Nobody's Man I cannot doubt that the anchorites, ascetics, and cloistered nuns of mediaeval times were happy in their own way, although it was in a fashion that appears to us highly foolish and absurd. The Quest of the Simple Life They have a little the air of hermits—of artistic anchorites, one may say. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture In scorning grandeur, he triumphed over himself by a poverty worthy of the anchorites of the first centuries, whose rules he faithfully observed to the end of his days. The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval It was this, perhaps, which drove the anchorites on from one degree of penance to another, and made them so savage in self-tormenting. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' And yet anchorites and anchoresses most especially, all whose whole room is less than a good large chamber. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Toads themselves are well known to possess all the qualities of mind and body which go to make up the career of a successful and enduring anchorite. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science But a sinner he was, as we all; and to avert the just anger of God he fasted, prayed, and mortified himself like an anchorite of the Thebaid. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties How many of us have in our day thought longingly of that blessed anchorite! Americans and Others At this period of his existence, Stuart Ford troubled himself as little as any anchorite of the desert about the eternal feminine. Empire Builders The anchorite life, so opposed to the spirit of the ancient Jewish people, and with which the vows, such as those of the Nazirs and the Rechabites, had no relation, pervaded all parts of Judea. The Life of Jesus Hitherto he had chosen to live the life of an anchorite, and had abjured the society of women. The Deserter I know that with mankind, Thy fellows in creation, thou dost rarely Exchange thy thoughts, and that thy solitude Is as an anchorite's, were it but holy. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals The boats glided down the river till they came to a lonely spot, where an anchorite or sort of hermit lived in solitude. King Alfred of England Makers of History There were travelling logicians, anchorites, ascetics, and solitary hermits. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 An anchorite may attain a very high degree of sanctity and yet retain all his defects of character—his crudity, selfishness, vulgarity. The Young Priest's Keepsake In the silences faces have appeared to them full of alluring entreaty, and more than one anchorite has found to his sorrow that he carried within himself the cause of his danger. The Ascent of the Soul Guided by the teachings of those who, however sincere, certainly misunderstood the spirit of the gospel, she deprived herself of every innocent gratification, and practiced upon her fragile frame all the severities of an anchorite. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power The wretched anchorite will often experience as much remorse if he neglect to scourge his miserable carcass, as the murderer who sheds the blood of man—or more. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I have heard that he built a painting-room purposely for this picture; and never did an anchorite pour fourth a more fervent orison to Heaven, than Romney when this labour was complete. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Officers in gay uniforms were scattered among the dark anchorites, who occupied one end of the table, while the bourgeoisie, with here and there a blue-caftaned peasant wedged among them, filled the other end. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Faithful if this wan image be, No dream his life was,—but a fight; Could any Beatrice see A lover in that anchorite? The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics It seemed dangerous to turn her, practically an anchorite, loose among so many people. Captivity The word holiness reminds him of crowds of pilgrims flocking to some famous shrine, or of some anchorite sitting lost in religions abstraction till his legs rot off. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji Florry, I do admit that what remained of light and learning was hid in the cell of the anchorite; not disseminated, but effectually concealed. Inez A Tale of the Alamo And now I became an anchorite battling to save myself from the newly discovered monstrosity of the flesh.... Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative You see, when an anchorite bows To the yoke of intentional sin— If the state of the country allows, Homogeny always steps in. Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs Poet, artist, priest and anchorite alike thought all the time of the tyranny of the body until it became a million-horse-power steam hammer crushing out his microscopic pin-head of a soul. Captivity Let her with anchorites, not with lovers, lie; Statesmen and they keep better company. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 Your adventure was also the means," said Mr. Armstrong, "of making you acquainted with our anchorite. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times For fourteen centuries the ideal of this life was the anchorite or monk. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal Its size was that of an anchorite's cell, and any abnormal movement or extra loud noise within it brought the stones and earth in showers down the walls. Tell England A Study in a Generation Therefore he renounced the world, and went into the forest, and became an anchorite. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology In the early sixth century, the best minds were retiring in disgust to the wilds;—you remember the anchorite's rebuke to Tse-Lu. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 How malicious was Père Duhaut in this! for he knew Pierre had not kept the observances of the Church since he left home at seventeen, and had not been an anchorite either. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Upon his island sat the anchorite Muscovy duck as of yore. Children of the Mist At about the same time we find Mary Lamb recording that her genial brother had suddenly taken to living like an anchorite. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 But having undesignedly tasted either of those six things, he must perform the penance sántapana, or the chándráyana, which anchorites practise; for other things he must fast a whole day. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology What can an immured anchorite know of the vast mysteries of the wind-borne spirits? The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century Between night and noonday there has been the dawn, with its searching illumination, its thrill of faith, the rapture of self-sacrifice in which anchorite and martyr foretasted the joys of heaven. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) But, after all, she was a woman, and perhaps she wished Julian to be an anchorite. Flames In a moment she was by my side, smiling and dimpling in a manner fit to set the heart of an anchorite a-thumping. The Touchstone of Fortune It is late in the evening before they completely sink to repose, and then their old anchorite neighbour, the owl, begins his lonely hootings from his bachelor's hall in the wood. Bracebridge Hall When she was writing the poetry of self-abandonment she really abandoned herself with the valour and decision of an anchorite abandoning the world. Varied Types She was, he vowed, so "dainty, so fresh, so fragrant," that none but the sourest of anchorites could resist her—and he was no anchorite, as the world knew well. Love Romances of the Aristocracy As to drunkenness, and all that, we are informed he was an anchorite. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time Even an anchorite could not help feeling a pleasure at such a speech from such a young woman, and this shaggy, solitary, misanthropic but tender-hearted man felt a sudden rush of pleasure. The End of the World A Love Story "Did you expect him to live like an anchorite, then?" The Divine Fire Whoever conceived a Canning to be an anchorite?... V. V.'s Eyes He was not an ascetic or an anchorite. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters The old anchorite has passed, we hope, into heavenly repose, but cinders, which may almost be called holy ashes, still lie scattered on his deserted little hearth. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 The monk may withdraw himself from the gaze of the world, the anchorite may seek a hiding place in caves and dens, but they ignore entirely the demands of society upon them. The Jericho Road The life of this sad and high-minded anchorite has a strong fascination for me. Shandygaff And his sensitive state of nerve and brain, his anchorite's way of life, did not allow him the distractions of other men. Marcella It is late in the evening before they completely sink to repose, and then their old anchorite neighbour, the owl, begins his lonely hooting from his bachelor's-hall in the wood. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists The young man in evening dress, pulling on his gloves, is quite as elemental a figure as any anchorite, quite as incomprehensible, and indeed quite as alarming. Robert Browning It is only the anchorite that withdraws himself from the societies of man and communes with himself and his God. The Jericho Road The anchorites crawled from their dens every day to hear the words of their chief saint,--a practice giving rise to stated meetings, with rules for worship. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries "And you?" she asked, in a voice that must have melted an anchorite. Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 Prince Shan, for all his wonderful statesmanship and his grip upon world affairs, is reputed to be almost an anchorite in his daily life. The Great Prince Shan He said, "O sovereign of the universe! such as are recluses do not take money; and such as take money are not anchorites!" The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Half artist and half anchorite, Part siren and part Socrates, Her face—alluring fair, yet recondite— Smiled through her salons and academies. The Art of the Moving Picture From the edge of that platform, and from the dismantled terraces of the old monastery, at evening time, the eye embraces the most enchanting horizon that ever delighted an anchorite, a contemplator, or a lover. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty Then I made up my mind entirely to devote myself to the life of the blessed and the anchorite. Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I A man may be sincerely religious and do little for others, as is seen in anchorites, and in many one-sided people, of Christian as well as of Mahometan parentage, who are not anchorites. Essays Æsthetical As I surveyed the ancient pyramids and temples in passing through Egypt, I descried in the desert not far from hundred-gated Thebes, the caves where the Christian anchorites once dwelt. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English He avoided the error of mediaeval anchorites and mystics in setting an exaggerated value upon otherworldliness. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty But my heart was too full of its own emotions to feel interested in the anchorites of the Abbey. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty I am a Voltaire, without his luxuries—a Robinson Crusoe, without his Bible—an anchorite, without a superstition—in short, my indulgence is asceticism, and my faith infidelity. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 Bayle, Magliabecchi of Florence, Isaac Reed, Sir Thomas Brown, Montaigne--those were the men whose lot in life I envied--those the literary anchorites in whose steps I would fain have followed. In the Days of My Youth At this moment, the melody of a voluptuous waltz, the opening of the cotillon, burst from the orchestra with an entrain that might have moved an anchorite. The Italians This last is a unique feature; it is supposed to have been the cell of an anchorite. Somerset I have lived like an anchorite, celled in absolute isolation from womankind. The Flying Legion They were to divide their lives into four quarters, during which they passed through four states or conditions, viz. as religious students, as householders, as anchorites, and as religious mendicants. Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama How much more is the drinking of a beverage, which began with the transcendental contemplation of a Hindoo anchorite, entitled to develop into a handmaid of Religion and Morality? Bushido, the Soul of Japan "I suppose I've made an anchorite out of you," she ventured. Ailsa Paige He had a quiet way with the abbesses and prioresses, and with the anchorites and bishops a way of simplicity which was vastly admired in a divine emissary. Figures of Earth London is a wilderness abounding in anchorites—voluntary or constrained. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories The first displays the solitary vigils, self-imposed penances, cruel temptations, firm endurance, and beatific visions of the anchorites in the Thebaid. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Others insist that this dismal hole was the habitation of a hermit or anchorite, of the name of Pool. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 Love filled the universe, it kept the worlds a-swinging, it was the thing that dominated all nature and made sweet even the rigid life of an anchorite. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories At the end of the south transept is a small chamber, the actual purpose of which is unknown; it may well have been the cell of an anchorite. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter To the pale and fastidious recluse and anchorite, their tone of genial remonstrance with the world and its ways was totally alien. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories In 1362 Queen Isabella helped to procure from the bishop a licence for one Robert de Worthin, priest, to become an anchorite and to inhabit a hermitage attached to the north aisle of the chancel. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains The office and prayers were generally pretty liberally interspersed with genuflexions or prostrations, of which a certain anchorite performed as many as seven hundred daily. Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore The house is, of course, a Certosa, so far as the gentler sex are concerned; but no anchorites dwell here at present. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 No anchorite could fare worse, no hero could dare more; yet his wild, hard life has resistless charms; and while he can wield a rifle, he will never leave it. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers The head waiter would have lured an anchorite into temporary abandon. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ from the anchorite, That solitudinarian: With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick; With dropping shots he makes him sick. The Devil's Dictionary I am but a poor anchorite, a curtall friar," said the other, whistling to his pack, "by name Friar Tuck of Fountain's Dale. Robin Hood And I pray you, good Christian brother," replied the anchorite, "to disturb me no more. Ivanhoe I built a little anchorite bungalow up town on a mango-lined street squarely alongside the little house occupied by Ebenezer Naismith. The Red One Their zeal in the service of the Lord was to wipe out all faults and follies, and they had the same surety of salvation as the rigid anchorite. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 It was a camp bedstead that would not have unsettled an anchorite; there was no place for treasure there. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman The furniture of the latter might have answered for the cell of an anchorite, and consisted of a hard mattress on a cot-bedstead, plain wooden chairs and table, with matting on the floor. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature This too is afforded by the hospitable anchorite, who dispatches an assistant to fetch a pot of four gallons from a secret corner near his bed, and the whole three set in to serious drinking. Ivanhoe I have a little brass bed in a dressing-room, and a little hair mattress like an anchorite. Vanity Fair Thus is blood that might have been a sirocco to stir the soul of an anchorite, transformed into an icy mist—the Paphian Venus lies crushed, degraded, cold, amid the reeds of Pan. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 It was an anchorite's bony head fitted with a Capuchin's beard and adjusted to a herculean body. Falk A Reminiscence The club tends to produce the most degraded of all combinations—the luxurious anchorite, the man who combines the self-indulgence of Lucullus with the insane loneliness of St. Simeon Stylites. Heretics While they were thus speaking, Locksley's loud and repeated knocks had at length disturbed the anchorite and his guest. Ivanhoe He lived in Paris more lonely than an anchorite in the deserts of Thebes. Moon and Sixpence Thus arose the first monastic community, consisting of anchorites living each in his own little dwelling, united together under one superior. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He was, to the eyes of men, studious and holy as an anchorite. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 The anchorite rolling on the stones in a frenzy of submission is a healthier person fundamentally than many a sober man in a silk hat who is walking down Cheapside. Heretics When the song was ended, the anchorite emphatically declared it a good one, and well sung. Ivanhoe Oh, tell me, where may I go to become an anchorite! The Armourer's Prentices The deserts of Egypt swarmed with the ``cells'' or huts of these anchorites. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 I have no wish to make man an anchorite. Vivian Grey "Could any Beatrice see A lover in such anchorite!" Old Portraits, Modern Sketches, Personal Sketches and Tributes Complete, Volume VI., the Works of Whittier He does not however obtrude his thoughts upon me: on the subject of love an anchorite could not be more silent, or a brother more delicate. Anna St. Ives Had he toiled, and hoped, and prayed, and lived the life of an anchorite these five years only for this? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 The church itself was frequently the habitation of the anchorite. English Villages It was the eternal retreat of the venerable anchorite; it was the uninhabited paradise in the midst of the trackless ocean. Imogen A Pastoral Romance Why that man has conversation for the prince and the peasant—the courtier and the anchorite. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 The anchorite who once entered one, never left it again. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Being an anchorite, he was not required to concern himself with the rites and observances in which others took part. Outline of Universal History However, I am inclined to think that they were intended for the use of the anchorites or recluses, who dwelt in churches. English Villages There was something in the austere sanctity of old Mark Heathcote, that was favorable to the practices of an anchorite. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish From hence you descry the sterile summits of the mountains both towards the east and west; the course of the stream from Jerusalem; and the numerous grottoes formerly occupied by Christian anchorites. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time But the early anchorites of Europe were not usually guilty of such extravagance. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Then she arose, and brought forth her royal robes, and cast aside those of an anchorite, and bade that Pierre should be given a bath and be clothed in princely garb. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc There is nothing new under the sun; and similar anchorites might have been seen in Egypt, 500 years before the time of St. Antony, immured in cells in the temples of Isis or Serapis. The Hermits If Thoreau was a recluse, Hawthorne was an anchorite. Sketches from Concord and Appledore He was one of those holy anchorites permitted by the Moors to live unmolested in dens and caves, and humble hermitages, and even to practise the rites of their religion. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies According to the legend, as already said, Mary Magdalen spent the close of her life here, and numerous anchorites settled in the caves around. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe It is happiness as the orientals understand it, the happiness of the anchorite, who neither struggles nor wishes any more, but simply adores and enjoys. Amiel's Journal One might order the most costly repasts from the luxurious restaurants close at hand, or keep a cordon bleu, or live on bread-and-water like an anchorite, just as one pleased, without anybody noticing it. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Satan, as usual, set his batteries in array against the new anchorites, and trials of various sorts assailed them in turn. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others He exists in his personage, under the precipice, above the fjord, like a rude mediaeval anchorite, who eats his locusts and wild honey in the desert. Henrik Ibsen Christophe compared himself to the anchorite saints fed by a crow among the rocks. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House What is the origin of the words "monk," "hermit," "anchorite," and "abbot"? Early European History This bears the name of Friar Tuck's cell, or hermitage, where, according to tradition, that jovial anchorite used to make good cheer and boisterous revel with his freebooting comrades. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey Our bird is as solitary and joyless as the most veritable anchorite. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Together with the others, it succeeded to a period of eremitism of solitary anchorites whose dwellings honeycombed the warm slopes that confront the Ionian…. Old Calabria But no doubt the crow was hard put to it to feed all the anchorites, for he never came again. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House I had hoped to meet at this hermitage some amiable and garrulous anchorite who would share my breakfast. Alone He had a great respect for the venerable anchorite, and would not suffer him to be disturbed. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey It is a most nourishing and strengthening food —other qualities it has, too, if one must believe the anecdote of the Sultan Saladin and the two anchorites. The Belgian Cookbook It is not our intention here to write a panegyric on a royal Duke; like his brothers, York and Clarence—the pleasure-loving, he, too, had his foibles; he was not an anchorite by any means. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present The office and prayers were generally pretty liberally interspersed with genuflexions or prostrations, of which a certain anchorite performed as many as seven hundred daily. The Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore He was still almost an anchorite in his personal habits, and lived so poorly that it is said he was compelled to borrow a small piece of meat when unexpected visitors dined with him. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee They, too, constructed cells, like ancient anchorites, and cultivated the fields for bread. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women I will turn shepherd among the Scottish mountains—live as an anchorite in the solitudes of Dartmoor. Yeast: a Problem You surely did not expect to find an anchorite in a slashing Colonel of Fusileers—in perfect health, age, twenty-five. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present All this time the crowd of his supporters had been pressing upon the anchorite, and had imperceptibly forced him nearer the edge of the vessel, purposing at a convenient season to throw him in. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales To resist its seductions would have tasked the self-denial of a more constant anchorite than our dashing Jack ever aspired to be, in the lowest stage of his martial vicissitudes. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Here he passed his days and nights in prayer, and in meditations on the sacred volume, sustaining life, like the ancient anchorites, on the green herbs and running waters. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 Nurtured by the example of anchorites of a contemplative and lazy life, the natives spend theirs in giving their gold to the Church in the hope of miracles and other wonderful things. The Indolence of the Filipino The captain was pleased to gratify his passenger, and stood by him while the galley encircled Oxia, telling legends, and pointing out the caves to which celebrated anchorites had lent their names. The Prince of India — Volume 02 The Deity and the anchorite promptly consented, and seated themselves on the demon's shoulders. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Merry were his laugh and jest and wit and playful badinage, for the early Methodist preachers were no stern ascetics or grim anchorites. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 Under such inducements princes and nobles, bishops and priests, monks and anchorites, saints and sinners, rich and poor, hastened to enroll themselves beneath the consecrated banner. General History for Colleges and High Schools Once, when distributing gifts to holy anchorites, he inadvertently forgot to give his due to the great Bhrigu. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan "This is a harder order than any anchorite or friar!" groaned the sheriff. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 But if, after he had practiced the austerity of an anchorite, she should forget him, marry another, and be happy! A Knight of the Nineteenth Century As well expect anchorites to set the tune for men in the thick of the fight! Without Prejudice Hermits, or anchorites, persons who, retiring from the world, lived solitary lives in desolate places; 2. General History for Colleges and High Schools Swami is the name of the learned anchorites who are initiated into many mysteries unattainable by common mortals. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan A man must have the pulse of an anchorite to look often at such a vision as that and remain untouched. His Sombre Rivals To the early Christian anchorites and to the gnostics they were familiar. Stella Fregelius It was a home for contemplation—in which one might easily forget the busy world without, and deliver himself up, without an effort, to the sweetly sad musings of the anchorite. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky The Stoics, the anchorites, some communities of monks, and many a well-to-do recluse today, are examples of those who have found a selfish happiness for themselves without taking any hand in forwarding the general welfare. Problems of Conduct At this time he was studying the chief philosophical systems of the "Aryavartta" and the occult meaning of the Vedas with the help of mystics and anchorites. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan These were his questions in Tannhauser and Lohengrin, in these operas he looked about him for his equals —the anchorite yearned for the number. Thoughts out of Season Part I "My name is not 'fellow,' but Hermas," said the anchorite, and the veins of his forehead began to swell. Homo Sum — Complete "The anchorite stared at the girl in horror, exclaiming: "That is folly, madness, suicide! The Sisters — Volume 3 The valuation that ignores all natural goods but one is unreal, inhuman, fanatical; it leads when unchecked to the emasculated life of the anaemic mediaeval saint or anchorite. Problems of Conduct Painters and sculptors are well aware of this, for they never represent those to whom abstinence is a matter of duty, such as anchorites and misers, except as pale, thin, and wrinkled. The Physiology of Taste Even among those who seek but their own personal moral purity, among monks and anchorites, men are to be found who, undermined and devoured by failure, have become barbarous and hopelessly morbid. Thoughts out of Season Part I When we came to H—-, several years ago, he led the life of an anchorite, along with an old housekeeper, in —— Street. Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 The smell of raisin pies is something to tempt an anchorite; and the Story Girl was exceedingly fond of them. The Story Girl Miss Banning," he said, "this coffee would warm the heart of an anchorite. Taken Alive OUR anchorite, in begging through the place; This girl beheld,—but not with eyes of grace. Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete So the asceticism and self-denial of the ancient anchorite and saint was merely a form of Katzenjammer? Thoughts out of Season Part I But in order to do so, I must, for a long time yet, be content to lead a more or less anchorite life. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Our house is an anchorite's cell, and our lands, as you see, are of the smallest. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell But there is something of the anchorite in your life just the same, and if envy your situation. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters This having said, at once he left the belle, And wisely shut the door, and barred his cell: Not trusting hair-cloth, fasting, age, nor gout; With beauty, anchorites themselves should doubt. Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete Ah!—he is a most austere and noble monarch,—a very anchorite and pattern of strict religious discipline! Ardath Chopin though not an anchorite resembled Flaubert, being both proud and timid; he led a detached life, hence his art was bold and violent. Chopin : the Man and His Music For the last nine months Sir Gervaise has been an anchorite. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes Applying the term anchorite to me is perhaps a juster comparison than you think. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Holy people, anchorites, recluses, ascetics, stylites, hermits in deserts, are no match for me in fortitude of spirit—yet even they fell in the struggle with the temptation of the diabolical flesh. Yama: the pit "Most assuredly I am no anchorite, Sah-luma!" he said smiling slightly, yet with a touch of sorrow in his voice. Ardath There is true poetry in such a scene as this, beauty fit to move the heart of an anchorite. The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast He tells me that you have become quite an anchorite, and that, save at your meals and for an occasional bout-at-arms, you are seldom to be seen. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes You are as untrue to yourself as the old anchorites. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring He so feared that he would fall back into his former states of feeling, that he guarded himself like an anchorite. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing "If he lived the life of an anchorite he couldn't help painting pictures that would please Mrs. Millington." The Hermit and the Wild Woman Maraquito, as some people said, may have been wicked, but no anchorite could have led, on the face of it, a more austere life. The Secret Passage The PARROCO'S thin lips, peaked nose, beady eyes and colourless cheeks proclaimed the anchorite, if not the monomaniac. South Wind This anchorite then called together some of our leaders, and told them these things, which were all proven true by the manner in which the city was actually captured. The Deeds of God Through the Franks But high up on the mountain is a church known as S. Maria de Vetere, a name indicating an ancient foundation, which perhaps was no other than the anchorite house of Castellense. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy They are sitting day and night Soldier, rogue, and anchorite; And they wrangle and they fight Over me. Songs of Action No anchorite in the ecstacy of devotion ever adored a relic with more fervour than that with which I kissed this inimitable proof of my charmer's candour, generosity, and affection! The Adventures of Roderick Random The only room which suggested nothing of the anchorite was the dressing-room, furnished with all the comforts and conveniences necessary to an elegant and fastidious man of the world. Zibeline — Complete The only room which suggested nothing of the anchorite was the dressing- room, furnished with all the comforts and conveniences necessary to an elegant and fastidious man of the world. Zibeline — Volume 2 And she lifted her face to his—a face so lovely, so young, so warm with her soul's inward rapture that its glowing beauty might have made a lover of an anchorite. The Secret Power In the morning, as soon as the sun is hot and beats upon their burrow, the anchorites come up from the bottom with their bag and station themselves at the opening. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects It was really that of an anchorite catching a glimpse of the seventh heaven. Letters from High Latitudes The grotesque vanity of the anchorite is so remote from us, that we can scarcely judge of the truth of the picture, though the East has still her parallels to St Simeon. Alfred Tennyson An anchorite in a cave of the desert could not have been more shut off from that dear communication with his fellows that a man hardly values till he loses it. To-morrow? But with Roger Seaton the impulses of passion were brief—the momentary flame had gone out in vapour, and the spirit of the anchorite prevailed. The Secret Power |
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