Merchant of Venice

, act iv. sc. 1 (1598).

Barry Cornwall, the nom de plume of Bryan Waller Procter. It is an imperfect anagram of his name (1788-1874).

Barsad (John), alias Solomon Pross, a spy.

He had an aquiline nose, but not straight,

having a peculiar inclination towards the left

cheek; expression, therefore, sinister.—C. Dickens,

A Tale of Two Cities

, ii. 16 (1859).

Barsis'a (Santon), in The Guardian, the basis of the story called The Monk, by M. G. Lewis (1796).