Chapter Harold to Hartley of H by Brewer's Readers Handbook

HARRY (Sir), the servant of a baronet. He assumed the airs and title of his master, and was addressed as “Baronet,” or “sir Harry.” He even quotes a bit of Latin: “O tempora! O Moses!”—Rev. J. Townley: High Life Below Stairs (1759).

Harry (Blind), a British minstrel, who wrote in ten-syllable couplets the romance of Wallace (about 1400).

Harry (Blind), the minstrel, friend of Henry Smith.—Sir W. Scott: Fair Maid of Perth (time, Henry IV.).

Harry (The Great), a man-of-war built in the reign of Henry VII. It was destroyed by fire in 1553.

Towered the Great Harry, crank and tall.
   —Longfellow: The Building of the Ship

N.B.—Henri Grâce de Dieu was quite another vessel. It was built by Henry VIII., and was 1000 tons burthen.

Harry Paddington, a highwayman in the gang of captain Macheath. Peachum calls him “a poor, petty- larceny rascal, without the least genius;” and says, “even if the fellow were to live six months, he would never come to the gallows with credit.”—Gay: The Beggar’s Opera (1727).

Hart Royal (A). A stag not less than six years old is a hart, and if it had been hunted by the king and escaped alive it was called a hart royal. If in the hunt a hart wandered out of the forest, the king issued a proclamation that no one should hurt it, and when it was brought back to the forest it was called a “hart royal proclaimed.” Every hart royal has its antlers.

Harthouse, a young man who begins life as a cornet of dragoons, but, being bored with everything, coaches himself up in statistics, and comes to Coketown to study facts. He falls in love with Louisa (né. Gradgrind), wife of Josiah Bounderby, banker and mill-owner, but, failing to induce the young wife to elope with him, he leaves the place.—Dickens: Hard Times (1854).

Hartley (Adam), afterwards Dr. Hartley. Apprentice to Dr. Gray.—Sir W. Scott: The Surgeon’s Daughter (time, George II.).