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With Titian he continued feveral yean, and paii:tcd a por- 

 trait of him, which g:aiied him jrrcat rcpiitation ; and he was 

 fingularly fuccefst'ul in imitating the touch, the mai '...r, and 

 the ilyle of cohiurinj;, pccuhar to that excellent genius. 

 Upon his return to his o.vn country, he was very much em- 

 ployed in works that added to his honour ; but the compo- 

 iition, which contributed more than any other to ellablilh his 

 fame, was tiie picture which reprefented the tall of Lucifer, 

 containing a number of figures, naked, well contrafted, and 

 CKCcUentlv coloured. He died in 15S2. Pilkington. 



BARENTIN, in Geography, a town of France in the 

 department of the Lower Seine, 3 leagues N. Vv"". of 

 Rouen. 



BARENTON, a town of Fiance, in the department of 

 the Channel, and chief place of a canton in the diftrift of 

 Iilortain, feated at the fource of the Ardee, containing about 

 2000 inhabitants, and dillant 7 leagues E. S.E. from Av- 

 ranches, and I5 S.E. of Jlortain. 



BARESUND, a fea-port town of Sweden, in the pro- 

 vince of Eaft Gothland, between Nordkioping and Sodcr- 

 kioping. 



BARETTL Joseph, in Biography, was the fon of 

 an architeft of reputation, and born at Turin about the 

 year 1716. He received a good education, but fquandertd 

 his patrimony in gaming. Being of a rambling and deful- 

 tory difpofition, he was frequently reduced, notwithftand- 

 ing his talents and literary character, to circuni fiances of 

 diftrefs. Li 1748, he was employed at Venice in teaching 

 the Italian lan,fuage to fome Englifli gentlemen ; and in 

 1750, at the inftigation of lord Chailemont, he vilited Png- 

 land, which was the place of his future refldence. PofTetr- 

 ing a wonderful facility in acquiring the knowledge of lan- 

 guages, as well as a critical acquaintance with his own, his 

 talents were well adapted to the profefllon of a teacher of 

 languages, in which he engaged. In 175^ he wrote a 

 treatife in Englifh, which was "A Defence of "the Poetry 

 of his native country againft the cenfures of Voltaire." 

 About this time an acquaintance commenced between 

 Baretti and Dr. Jolinfon, which was kind and cordial on 

 the part of the latter, and refpeftful in the higiieil degree 

 on the part of the former. As he had acquired reputation 

 by fome works which he had publifhed on the Italian lan- 

 guage and literature, he availed hiinfclf of his friend's Englifli 

 didionary to compile a dielionary of the Italian and Englifli 

 languages, which firfl; appeared in 1760, and which main- 

 tains its fuperiority over all other works of the fame kind. 

 In this year he vifited his native cr.untrv, with fome pro- 

 fpefts of preferment, in vifhich he was difappointed ; but on 

 his arrival, he publifhed at Venice a period'cal work, intitlcd 

 •' Frufta Literaria," under the charader of an old complain- 

 ing foldier who was returned to his country after lon^r nb- 

 fence. His criticifms, however, in this work, which met 

 with great fuccefs, were fo fevere, that he was obliged to 

 leave the country ; a-.;d after an abfence of lix years, he 

 returi^ed through Spain and Portugal to England. In 176S 

 he publiflied " An Account of the Manners and Culloms 

 of Italy," intended chiefly as a reply to the fevere llridures 

 of Mr. S. Sharp, thefurgeon, in his " Letters from Italy." 

 By Dr. Johnfon he was introduced into the family of Thrale, 

 both as a teacher and a literary guell. In 1769, he vifited 

 Spain, probably intending to complete his account of a 

 tour in that country. Soon after his return, an accident 

 occurred, which was followed by very dil'refling conL- 

 quences. Having engaged in an angry altercation with a 

 woman of the town iu the Hry-market,'hc was accofted by 

 three men, who ial'ulted and joiUed him. Alarmed for his 

 ffife, Baretti took out of his pocket a French defert knife, and 



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attacked one of the aflailants ; and unfortunately purfning 

 the conteft and repeating the blows, he infl'£>ed wounds 

 vchich proved fatal. He was arrcilcd and tried for murder 

 at the Old Baiky. In this trial the public were much in- 

 tereiltd ; and a number of men of the fird literary eminence 

 appeared to bcr.r tcllimony to Baretti's charadtei; ; among 

 whom were Johnfon, Burke, Garrick, Goldfmith, Rey- 

 nolds, and Biauclerk. The event was the pcquittal of 

 Baretti ; but the charge very materially aftcfted his icputa- 

 tion. In 1770 he publifhed his " Journey from London 

 to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France," 

 4 vols 8vo. which was defervedly well received; and he 

 continued publi'liing introduftory v^-orks for the ufe of 

 liudents in the Italian and (ome other modern languages. 

 Although he had been domeltieated in the family of 

 Mr. Thrale, he left it in 1776, in difguft, and by this fudden 

 ftart of whim or ill-humour, involved the latter part of his life 

 in many inconveniences and difficulties. His attempt, in 

 1779, for introducing to the public a claffical entertainment, 

 which was the " Cariren Scculare" of Horace fct to niufic, 

 failed of fuccels. Reduced to a ftate of precarious lub- 

 fiftence, he obtained under lord North's adminiflration a 

 penfion from government of Sol. a year, but during the 

 urgency of public wants this fell into arrear, and Baretti 

 could fcarcely prcferve himfelf from ahfolute indigence. 

 His laft pcrforrnance w" s publiflied in 1786, and v.asiutitled 

 " Tolendron : SpecctiLo to John Burke about his edition of 

 Don Quixote ; together with fome account of Spanifh 

 literature." OpprefTed by anxiety and uneafinefs of mind, 

 and with a conititution impaired by fits of the gout, he 

 died on May 5th, 178^. Baretti, although he had a rough 

 and fomewhat cynical appearance, was formed for focicty, 

 and his converfation was inllruftive, particularly to young 

 perfons, with whom he had much iutercourfe. Having 

 lived much in the world, and having had no opportunity in 

 early life of acquiring fixed principles, he indulged a confi- 

 dcrable laxnels and trtedom of opinion. However his inte- 

 grity was uiiimpeached, his moral? were pure, and his 

 manners were correft. His charity had no bounds, and by 

 the imprudence with which he exercifed it, he was himttif in- 

 volved in difficulties. His literary talents, though not of 

 the higheil order, were ufeful and agreeable. " 1 know 

 no man," faid Dr. Johnfon to Bofweli, " who carries his 

 head-higher in converfation than Baretti ; there are llrong 

 powers in his mind ; he has not, indeed, many hooks, but 

 with what hooks he has he grapples very forcibly." Bof- 

 well's Life of Johnlon. Europ. Mag. for 1789. Gen. 

 Biog. 



BAREUX, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Lower Pyrenees, and chief place of a can- 

 ton in the dillriCl of Mauleon, 5 miles fouth-eafl of Mau- 

 leon. 



BAR-FEE, in Law, a fee of 20 pence, which every 

 perfon acquitted of felony pays the gaoler. 



BARFLEUR, in Geography, a fea-port town of France, 

 in the department oi the Channel. It had formerly a good 

 harbour and a conilderable trade ; but in confequence of 

 negleft, the harbour is choaked with fand, and the trade 

 decayed. Cape Barflcuris 6 leagues eaft from Cherburg, in 

 N. lat. 49° 40'. W. long. i° 17'. 



BARGA, a town of Italy, in the duchy of Tufcany, 

 on the river Se chio, 2 leagues from Lucca. 



BARGAIN, in a General S.tife, a contraCl either for the 

 fale, purchafe, or exchange of a thing. The word is formed 

 from the French targuigner, to tarter or haggle. He that 

 fells is the bargainor, and he that buys the bargainee. 



Largaim and Sale, in Laiu, is properly a contraiS made 



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