Cagliostro
count alessandro di
[ah-les-sahn-draw dee] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ di/ (show ipa), (giuseppe balsamo) 1743–95, italian adventurer and impostor.
historical examples
then cagliostro was called, but almost as a matter of form, and dismissed immediately.
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cagliostro started, as if the question had roused him from a reverie.
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ten years later we shall hear more of this couple under the name of cagliostro.
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the king remained silent, and cagliostro buried his head in his hands.
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he was actually charged with being a sorcerer, like cagliostro, an accusation that reads very strange in the nineteenth century.
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“oh, that will be needless for you, madame,” said cagliostro.
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and cagliostro pr-nounced these words in so thrilling a voice that every one was struck with horror.
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she left the room, and cagliostro was about to follow her when richelieu stopped him.
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had not cagliostro predicted some such fate to gilbert for mirabeau?
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“let us speak of something else,” said cagliostro, sitting down.
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noun
count alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name giuseppe balsamo. 1743–95, italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the inquisition for his -ssociation with freemasonry
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