Usage examples for hermit
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“
"
With
good
will,"
said
the
hermit
”
– Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion by Beatrice Clay
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“
You
will
break
both
of
the
golden
rules
which
St.
Anthony,
the
famous
hermit
used
to
give
to
his
scholars.
”
– The Good News of God by Charles Kingsley
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“
No
sooner
had
I
lost
sight
of
the
benevolent
hermit
than
I
started
up,
and
pursued
my
path
with
my
former
agility,
till
I
came
to
the
edge
of
a
woody
dell,
that
divided
the
meadow
on
which
I
was
running
from
the
opposite
promontory.
”
– Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Beckford
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“
The
royal
pair
were
at
their
wits'
end
when
the
queen
was
told
that
in
a
forest
near
the
city
there
lived
an
aged
hermit
”
– Old-Time Stories by Charles Perrault
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“
In
this
emergency,
he
remembered
that
in
a
forest
near
by
had
once
lived
an
aged
hermit
in
whose
cell
he
might
possibly
leave
the
corpse
of
the
princess,
until
he
should
be
able
to
dispose
of
it
in
a
style
suited
to
her
rank.
”
– The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Constance Cary Harrison
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“
The
hermit
shook
his
head.
”
– Hetty Wesley by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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“
But
the
Hermit
crab,
be
it
remembered,
is
in
no
real
sense
a
parasite.
”
– Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond
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“
I
am-
I
am-
a
hermit
”
– A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce
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“
Up
rose
the
hermit
monarch
at
the
sight
Full
of
keen
anguish;
with
his
pilgrim
staff
He
drew
the
new-
born
creature
from
the
wave;
'Twas
panting
fast,
but
life
was
in
it
still.
”
– Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt
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“
Weeping
bitterly,
he
made
the
best
of
his
way
on
foot,
until
he
came
to
a
cell
where
a
hermit
was
saying
prayer.
”
– Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion by Beatrice Clay
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“
And
the
shrewd
counsellor's
son
whispered
to
him:
Sir,
as
I
am
a
hermit
I
wander
about
all
the
time
in
this
region.
”
– Twenty-two Goblins by Unknown
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“
They
live
sort
of
hermit
lives,
as
far
as
one
can
make
out.
”
– The Chestermarke Instinct by J. S. Fletcher
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“
There
is
a
hermit
on
the
summit
of
the
hill
among
the
ruins
of
the
villa.
”
– Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
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“
What
a
spot
to
turn
hermit
in
for
a
summer!
”
– Domestic Manners of the Americans by Fanny Trollope
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“
The
Hermit
smiled
again.
”
– The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice by E. V. Lucas
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“
And
the
hermit
answered: "
I
will
tell
you.
”
– Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot" by Chretien DeTroyes
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“
Could
not
the
hermit
who
taught
them
to
give
life,
not
teach
also
how
to
take
away
life?
”
– Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
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“
For
there,
on
a
table
in
front
of
Bixby,
the
hermit
was
Bunny's
toy
engine,
and
Sue's
Teddy
bear.
”
– Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods by Laura Lee Hope
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“
A
true
history
of
that
final
conflict
in
the
soul
of
this
hermit
would
not
have
disgraced
the
confessions
of
Saint
Augustine!
”
– The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss
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“
I
have
now
dwelt
for
many
years
here
in
the
forest,
and
yet
no
one
could
call
me
a
hermit
in
your
sense
of
the
word.
”
– Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
