, 1873-08-24
HERMITS.
a Few Specimens Of British An
chorltes.

From Chambsrs' journal.

"wo.thlcB nino that woro Of might" aftor holm
tur to recoyer tho 1ro1y (}jtv from navnin hands.
finding hla morlts unappreolatod. retired in
aaoBeon TO oavo near jacobs Well, OF which
ho constituted hin,solf guardian ineisting upon
every would-be driuker Of tho wators having d
rouna N1n nln orc a,'onohing Ls .nifa1 Ihls
muscular o'it''tlhu VI tho olaon tlno ln'Bn' naVo
como homo to play tho hermit, for hts sovereign
would Hcarco1y have refused to have inluctod
c"i1 nnIer tha ora rona, ~ sa,, y. a.ont e
llsh Ainga woro wont to do when man could
not 1.-Two life Of Hnlntly HeoIuHion With
sbron.h,re ..ars ~ hn1o hn,,, ..r.o,,,,v
~, opon"p t,on n'ous " naso uuon 'speclan3
i.en A. 4lo' o1o n4o'hofaa ealo'''.q no'"puo ~
thorc was hermitage on tho Wrokin, tonnnted
bv NioholaB t1e De1ton an !. 11orm,t ~ arount
Gi,hor, y IN v,,o., .,,o K,n, h. ~an.1 ,,.t.nt :,
o.oots % -, ~ ",oni tno mug, " tosnl pa'on''
otaefeo the oofgeaaos OF hridgonofth to pay
six quartors Of whoat annually ont Of tho iaauoB
of pendjcBton Mill. which thov 1le1d ,1nder thu
nrow,, -, ov, lin, oroa,or 1ais,ro for .sl,o,,
orr;s.. and -, s,,ner+ ,,n, d,,ru ,s N.Y. n.y. -
as ho a bo boronte on tha
mountain" Edward LII. appointed no lcus than
four hormits to difforout lormitaecs in tho
ncirhlori,ood of nridconort, rho nowor ~
appointment wns son,eti1nea vostod in ecoosiaB-
ticai ntlthoflelen III 1493, wo hnd tho Prior OF
durham granting q iiconso to john hlan,
In Inn i,o conae1 t1,rca nthnrs ~ tIo same n.
c!lflitE: AZ tho 6ognnlng OF the anne century
tue brldGo oyer 1lc Tyne, at No"cantlo, boadtod
: aoTmst o. ihe oWn' supposed to nave 9een
cornnr - to r,for ~ ~, .nu tmo Mas utn ~
Wnen tne Iamhlnl o. Tue anolont pridRo wore fo-
moved IN lito. AL thls, however, - DYtho way,
our purpose oeing to alacourhe Of tlioso who en-
braeod lllo OF Solitude When tue odor q sancti-
! ~ no iongcf ciung g the focluse6 vocation:
,.,I ~ s4e felgn o. Enzsoo9n thefe dwell 81 FOX
h!l, ,E1Ilcoinsnlre' rlcn, nonefaent, az
eonp,la1an n ~ a gensao9on 9at1on aqro o. o., .as
9s.a.S, Ing napgy iaaner oi ~ waa.maif1ea ,'..
aanfhses, m4eo y NY senansry' esteemea ~ "
q ~lae clrole OF 1rlonds, 4ehry Melpy, nt re
! h6e OF ~, Tae q man 70 70 sn9iea. aus
nappnesa Noulu hayo ~ neea ananoyea nut 1oI tho
sc o,, ~ -, ~ III oa Ss,is. ~
| wno ouu usY eatleu ~ conuono" n,lsueeoo "
oa 6,;r. ~ ns H. Hn ,,,,nppatri rni ,,on -
aha ia, W NJ Inv doscr"ed u W"v In" flo stronra
sne ian; as ~ ac'ci'o'' "04oS 'ooA 'no n't@us'
Aos'Aae'on ,nr@,e,,uo " , ,,rv, ovo npx.,,v
,,o, i,,naoiS i., rct;siuc ton, tbc world eo w.a
% a to -, eniov. Believing @ li solitude m vas a
o.aioat fn,,nI r., -not Stv In hi ~ av ~ ao
oaalss. 1ounu AZ TX os1 ,ro ~ uo NV NV
Incolnsliro for London. took up lis abode In NJ, 3
opo or eatn ono for ,t,gn one for seo
NV iol [ fro ' o o III H. ho,,ao
I we e 10 oarred out Of II 10 bo
buriedp dp in cripplogate Church. he mover SGT his
fGot so the % aa Aa aa 1 sss1Ga
nv da,;,pht"r' "rnndchi1d, brothnr. aIsser' nr
Ii"Rsnnn I"s stranrer. tena1lt or nerya1t yoa,nr or
iii r;ri, or no3r ~ WAT dcrroa nr con1tlon
aoeyor Soc T too upon hy faco '~sayo only lis uory-
ine-maid. Eji2nIeth who lighted Ills fres. pro-
nod ~. a,nnia foo1 af tot ,a ropn,, p,"
cIeao im M nnd % oven rho seldom bohed her m master. %