Chapter Hartwell to Hatto of H by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Every day this Hassan Aga was hanging one, impaling another, cutting off the ears or breaking the limbs of a third … out of mere wantonness.— Cervantes (1605).

Hassan ben Sabah, the old man of the mountain, founder of the sect called the Assassins.

Dr. Adam Clark has supplemented Rymer’s Fœdera with two letters by this sheik. This is not the place to point out the want of judgment in these addenda.

Hastie (Robin), the smuggler and publican at Annan.—Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet (time, George III.).

Hastings, the friend of young Marlow, who entered with him the house of squire Hardcastle, which they mistook for an inn. Here the two young men met Miss Hardcastle and Miss Neville Marlow became the husband of the former; and Hastings, by the aid of Tony Lumpkin, won the latter.—Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer(1773).

Hastings, one of the court of king Edward IV.—Sir W. Scott: Anne of Geierstein (time, Edward IV.).

Haswell, the benevolent physician who visited the Indian prisons, and for his moderation, benevolence, and judgment, received the sultan’s signet, which gave him unlimited power.—Mrs. Inchbald: Such Things Are (1786).

Hat (A White) used to be a mark of redical proclivities, because orator Hunt, the great demagogue, used to wear a white hat during the Wellington and Peel administration.

Hat worn in the Royal Presence Lord Kingsale acquired the right of wearing his hat in the presence of royalty by a grant from king John. Lord Forester is possessed of the same right, from a grant confirmed by Henry VIII.

N.B.—All Spanish grandees had, at one time, the privilege of being covered in the presence of the monarch. Hence, when the duke of Alva presented himself before Margaret duchess of Parma, she bade him to remain covered.—Motley: The Dutch Republic, part iii.

Hats and Caps, two political factions of Sweden in the eighteenth century. The “Hats” were partisans in the French interest, and were so called because they wore French chapeaux. The “Caps” were partisans in the Russian interest, and were so called because they wore the Russian caps as a badge of their party.

Hatchet, a harlot. (See Rabelais: Pantagruel, bk. iv.prologue.)

Hatchway (Lieutenant Jack), a retired naval officer on half-pay, living with commodore Trunnion as a companion.—Smollett: The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751).

Who can read the calamities of Trunnion and Hatchway, when run away with by their mettled steeds… without a good hearty burst of honest laughter?—Sir W.Scott.

Hatef [i.e. the deadly], one of Mahomet’s swords, confiscated from the Jews when they were exiled from Medina.

Hater. Dr. Johnson said, “Sir, I like a good hater.” This is not altogether out of character with the words, “Thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot” (Rev. iii. 15).

Rough Johnson, the great moralist, professed
Right honestly he “liked an honest hater.”
   —Byron: Don Juan, xiii 7 (1821).

Hatim (Generous as), an Arabian expression. Hatim was a Bedouin chief, famous for his warlike deeds and boundless generosity. His son was contemporary with Mahomet the prophet.