=Harlot= (_The Infamous Northern_), Elizabeth Petrowna, empress of Russia (1709-1761). =Har´lowe= (_Clarissa_), a young lady, who, to avoid a marriage to which her heart cannot consent, but to which she is urged by her parents, casts herself on the protection of a lover, who most scandalously abuses the confidence reposed in him. He afterwards proposes marriage; but she rejects his proposal, and retires to a solitary dwelling, where she pines to death with grief and shame.—S. Richardson, _The History of Clarissa Harlowe_ (1749). The dignity of Clarissa under her disgrace ... reminds us of the saying of the ancient poet, that a good man struggling with the tide of adversity, and surmounting it, is a sight upon which the immortal gods might look down with pleasure.—Sir W. Scott. The moral elevation of this heroine, the saintly purity which she preserves amidst scenes of the deepest depravity and the most seductive gaiety, and the never-failing sweetness and benevolence of her temper, render Clarissa one of the brightest triumphs of the whole range of imaginative literature.—Chambers, _English Literature_, ii. 161. =Harmon= (_John_), _alias_ JOHN ROKESMITH, Mr. Boffin’s secretary. He lodged with the Wilfers, and ultimately married Bella Wilfer. He is described as “a dark gentleman, 30 at the utmost, with an expressive, one might say, a handsome face.”—C. Dickens, _Our Mutual Friend_ (1864). ⁂ For explanation of the mystery see vol. I. ii. 13. =Harmo´nia’s Necklace=, an unlucky possession, something which brings evil to its possessor. Harmonia was the daughter of Mars and Venus. On the day of her marriage with King Cadmus, she received a necklace made by Vulcan for Venus. This unlucky ornament afterwards passed to Sem´elê, then to Jocasta, then Eriphy´lê, but it was equally fatal in every case. (See LUCK.)—Ovid, _Metaph._, iv. 5; Statius, _Thebaid_, ii. =Harmonious Blacksmith.= It is said that the sound of hammers on an anvil suggested to Handel the “theme” of the musical composition to which he has given this name.—See SCHOELCHER, _Life of Handel_, 65. A similar tale is told of Pythagoras. =Harmony= (_Mr._), a general peace-maker. When he found persons at variance, he went to them separately, and told them how highly the other spoke and thought of him or her. If it were man and wife, he would tell the wife how highly her husband esteemed her, and would apply the “oiled feather” in a similar way to the husband. “We all have our faults,” he would say, “and So-and-so-knows it, and grieves at his infirmity of temper; but though he contends with you, he praised you to me this morning in the highest terms.” By this means he succeeded in smoothing many a ruffled mind.—Inchbald, _Every One has His Fault_ (1794). =Harold= “the Dauntless,” son of Witikind, the Dane. “He was rocked on a buckler, and fed from a blade.” Harold married Eivir, a Danish maid, who had waited on him as a page.—Sir W. Scott, _Harold the Dauntless_ (1817).