prezioso

Updated: June 20, 2025

My red acquaintance suddenly opens the door, letting in a stream of light upon this Rembrandtish interior, and, lifting his box with the most wheedling of smiles, he says, with a rising inflection of voice, as if asking a question, "Prezioso sangue di Gesu Christo?"

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859