celibite

Updated: June 14, 2025

Though a celibite in his own person, Myndert had not now to learn that the infant god as often does his mischief through this quiet agency, as in any other manner. He became, therefore, mute in his turn, watching the slow movement of the periagua with as much assiduity as if he saw his own image on the water.

James Fenimore Cooper - The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas