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He there passed through the usual anchoretic battles with demons, and by prayer and ascetic exercise attained a rare power over nature.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various

To wash down this anchoretic fare M. Desmoulin and myself ordered Sauterne and Apollinaris; but the contents of the water bottle sufficed for M. Zola and the other gentleman.

From With Zola in England by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

This is still the popular belief; but the singular formation of Montserrat, independent of it, was sufficient to fix the anchoretic tastes of the early Christians.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various