=Hart´house= (_2 syl._) 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 [_née_ Gradgrind], wife of Josiah Bounderby, banker and mill-owner, but, failing to induce the young wife to elope with him, he leaves the place.—C. Dickens, _Hard Times_ (1854). =Hartley= (_Adam_), afterwards Dr. Hartly. Apprentice to Dr. Gray.—Sir W. Scott, _The Surgeon’s Daughter_ (time, George II.). =Hartwell= (_Lady_), a widow, courted by Fountain, Bellamore, and Harebrain.—Beaumont and Fletcher, _Wit without Money_ (1639). =Harût and Marût=, two angels sent by Allah to administer justice upon earth, because there was no righteous judgment among men. They acted well till Zoha´ra, a beautiful woman, applied to them, and then they both fell in love with her. She asked them to tell her the secret name of God, and immediately she uttered it, she was borne upwards into heaven, where she became the planet Venus. As for the two angels, they were imprisoned in a cave near Babylon.—Sale’s _Korân_, ii. Allah bade That two untempted spirits should descend, Judges on earth. Haruth and Maruth went, The chosen sentencers. They fairly heard The appeals of men ... At length, A woman came before them; beautiful Zohara was, etc. Southey, _Talaba the Destroyer_, iv. (1797). =Hassan=, caliph of the Ottoman empire, noted for his splendor and hospitality. In his seraglio was a beautiful young slave named Leila (_2 syl_.), who had formed an attachment to “the Giaour” (_2 syl_.). Leila is put to death by the emir, and Hassan is slain near Monut Parnassus by the giaour [_djow´.er_].—Byron, _The Giaour_ (1813). _Hassan_, the story-teller, in the retinue of the Arabian physician.—Sir W. Scott, _The Talisman_ (time, Richard I.). _Hassan_ (_Al_), the Arabian emir of Persia, father of Hinda. He won the battle of Cadessia, and thus became master of Persia.—T. Moore, _Lalla Rookh_ (“the Fire-Worshippers,” 1817).