1 Good brother," replied the inhabitant of the hermitage, "it has pleased Our Lady and St Dunstan to destine me for the object of those virtues, instead of the exercise thereof.
2 To be your wife and live in Paris would be heaven to me; but I would rather live with you in a hermitage here than not be yours at all.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness 3 But such as is my hermitage, it is at your disposal; such as is my supper, it is yours to share, if you will.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor. 4 This cabin was his hermitage until the winter snows penned him in his cave.