eremite
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Most scrupulous of painters, he lived like an eremite, relentlessly purged his optic sense of all illusion, all imaginative invention.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for Henrietta she had long ago earned from her husband's friends the name of the "little nun," the "little eremite" because nothing could entice her from her seclusion.
From The Poor Plutocrats by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
What eremite dwelleth here, like St. Stylites at the top of his column?—a question which Mohi seemed all eagerness to have answered.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
"That is our secret, fair sportsman," answered Amaranthe; "but it seems you also live retired—an eremite forlorn."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
I had unearthed my game at last and discovered my eremite in his mystic seclusion.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
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