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and difengaged. Till the latter end of his feventy-third 
year, lie preferved the appearance and vivacity of youth 
in his countenance, in which thecharacters of dignity 
and aiiiiablenefs were remarkably united : and he flip- 
ported the tedious diforder which proved fatal to him, 
and which was of the dyfenteric kind, with an uncom¬ 
mon refignation, and even cheerfulnefs, till the clofe of 
life. He died, in his feventy-fourth year, at his houfe 
in Grofvenor-fquare r -March 6, 1764. His body lies in¬ 
terred at Wimple in Cambridg'efhire, by that of his lady, 
Margaret, daughter of Charles Cocks, efq. of Worcef- 
terfhire, and niece of lord-chancellor Sommers. 
HAR'DY, adj. [ hardi , Fr.] Bold; brave; flout; dar¬ 
ing; refolute.—Who is there hardy enough to contend 
with the reproach which is prepared for thofe, who dare 
venture to diffent from the received opinions of their 
country ? Locke. 
Could .third: of vengeance, and defire of fame, 
Excite the female bread with martial flame ? 
And diall not love’s diviner pow’r infpire 
More hardy virtue, and more gen’rous fire! Prior. 
Strong; hard; firm.—Is a man confident of his prefent 
drength ? An unwholefome blad may fhake in pieces 
his hardy fabric. South. —Confident; impudent; vicioufly 
dubborn. - 
HAR'DY, a bounty of the American States, in Vir¬ 
ginia, bounded north by Hampdiire. It is about fixty 
miles long, and forty in breadth, and contains 7336 in¬ 
habitants, including 369 flaves. Chief town, Moorfield. 
HAR'DYSTON, a townfhip of the American States’, 
inSuIlex county, Newjerfey, containing 2393 inhabitants. 
HARE and HERE, differing in pronunciation only, 
fignify both an army and a lord. So Harold is a general 
of an army; Hareman, a chief man in the army ; Herwin, 
a victorious army'; which are much like Stratoclcs, Pole - 
marchus, hnd Hegejijlratus, among the Greeks. GibJ'on's 
Camden. 
HARPi,/ [hapa, Sax. karh, Erfe.] A fmall quadru¬ 
ped, with long ears and fhort tail, that moves by leaps, 
remarkable for timidity, vigilance, and fecundity. For 
the natural hidory and fpecies, fee the article Lepus. 
It is the common game of hunters.—Poor is the triumph 
of the timid hare. Thomfon. 
Difmay’d not this' 
Our captains Macbeth and Banquo ? 
As fparrows eagles; or the hare , the lion. Shakefpeare. 
A condellation: 
The hare appears, whofe adtive rays fupply 
A nimble force, a.nd hardly wings deny. Creech. . 
To HARE, v. n. [harier , Fr.] To fright; to hurry 
with terror.—To hare and rate them, is not to teach but 
vex them. Locke. 
HARE (Francis), an Englifh prelate in the eighteenth 
century ; but the place of whole birth is uncertain. He 
received his cladical education at Eton ; whence he was 
fent to King’s-college, Cambridge, of which he was 
afterwards made a fellow ; and took the degree of doc¬ 
tor of divinity. In 1713 he was promoted.to the deanery 
of Worceder ; and while . he. held that preferment, he 
became an auxiliary to doctors Snape, Sherlock, Potter, 
&c. in the famous Bangorian controverfy. From the 
deanery of Worceder he was removed to that of St.Paul’s; 
and in 1727 was advanced to the fee of St. Afaph. In 
1731 he was tranflated to the fee of Chicheder, which 
lie held with his deanery of St. Paul’s till his death in 
1740. His various writings were collected, and publifhed 
in4Vols. 8vo. in 1746. 
HARE, an ifiand in the North Sea, near the coalt of 
Norway, twenty miles in circumference. Lat.62. 20. N. 
Ion. 6. 33. E. Grefenwich. 
HARE-BAY, a bay on the fouth coad of Newfound¬ 
land : no miles ead of Cape Ray. 
HARE-BELLS,/, in botany. See Hyacinthus. 
Vol. IX. No. 580. 
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HARE-BRAINED, adj. Volatile; unfettled; wild; 
fluttering; hurried.—That hare-brained fellow begins to 
play the fool, when others are weary of it. Bacon. 
HARE’s-EAR, f. in botany. See Bupleurum. 
HARE-FINDER,/. One that finds a hare.—Cupid 
is a good hare-finder. Shakefpeare. 
HARE’s-FOOT FERN. See Trichomanes. 
HARE-HEARTED, adj. Timorous; fearful. Ainfco . 
HARE-HUNTING, f. The diverfion of hunting the 
hare.—Defcription of the hare-hunting' in ail its parts. 
Argument to Somerville's Chace. 
HARE INDIANS, a tribe of Indians which inhabit 
near M'Kenzie’s river, in the north-wed part of North 
America. 
HARE-LIP,/. A fiflure in the upper lip with want 
of fubdance, a natural defedl. Quincy. 
HARE-LIPPED, adj. Having a hare-lip. Ainfworth. 
HARE-NET,/ A net ufed in catching hares. 
HARE-PIPE, J'. A fnare to catch hares.—Any per- 
fon who Ihall-take or dedroy any hare with hare-pipes , 
fhall forfeit for every hare twenty (hillings. Stat.Jamesl. 
HARE’s-TAIL RUSH,/ in botany. See Eriopho- 
RUM VAGINATUM. 
HARE'E (Francis, in Latin Haraus), a Dutch catho¬ 
lic divine, born in the city of Utrecht, and became pro- 
feflor of rhetoric in the univerfity of Douay. He tra¬ 
velled through Germany,- Italy, and Mufcovy, with fa¬ 
ther Poirevin, the papal nuncio ; and on his return he was 
promoted to canonries in the cathedral churches of Bois- 
le-duc, Namur, and Louvain. He died at the lad-men¬ 
tioned place in 1632. He was the author of, 1. Bibliafa- 
cra Expofitionibus Patrum literalibus & myjlicis illujlrata, 1630, 
folio. 2. Catena Aurea in quatuor Evange/ia, 1625, 8vo. 
3. Anndles Ducum Brabantia, ac Tumultuum Brlgicorum. 4. 
Vita SanElorum ex probatiffimis ’Autoribus, & potiffimum exSurio, 
brevi Compendio fumma Fide colleEhc, 1590, Svo. 5. A trea- 
tife on Chronology, 1614, 4to. 
HA'REM,/ In Turkilh architecture, that portion 01- 
wing of a feraglio or palace, which is dedined for the 
feception and accommodation of favourite women ; for 
the regulation and government of which, fee the articles 
Aleppo,, vol. i. p. 263; Constantinople, vol. v. 
p.119; and Egypt, vol. vi. p. 382, and the corre- 
fpondent engraving. See alfo the article Eunuch, 
vol. vii. p. 65. 
HARE'NE, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Wed Gothland: thirty-fix miles north-ead of Gotheborg. 
HA'REPH, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
HA'RETII, [Hebrew.] The name of a place. 
HAR'FAGER, [haepipe^ap, Sax.'i. e. fair-haired.] 
As, Harold Harfager, a Danilh king of England. 
IIAR'FAN, a town of Hungary: four miles fouth-ead 
of Siclos. 
HAR'FLEUR, a town of France, in the department 
of the Lower Seine, and chief place of a canton, in the 
didrift of Montivilliers. The profjaerity of Havre-de- 
Grace ruined this port; the harbour is filled up, and 
only fit for boats,.. It is lituated on the fide of a hill, on 
a fmall river, near the Seine. It was taken by the Eng- 
lilh in the years 1415, and 1440. The number of inha¬ 
bitants is about 2400. It is one league and a half ead 
of Havre, and three quarters of a league fouth of Mon¬ 
tivilliers. Lat.49.32. N. loin. 17. 53. E. Ferro. 
HAR'FORD, a county of the American States, in 
Maryland, bounded north by York county in Pennfyl- 
• vania, ead by Sufquehannah river and Chefapeak bay. 
The chief waters within the county are Bufh river and 
Deer creek ; on which are fixteen mills of different kinds. 
On the former and its branches are the towns of Harford, 
Abington, Coopdown, and Belle-Air. The other towns 
are Havre-de-Gras, at the mouth of Sufquehannah; and 
Joppa, below the forks of Gunpowder. It contains 14,976 
inhabitants by thecenfusof 1796. Chief town, Belle-Air. 
HAR'FORD, or Bush-Town, a town of the Ame¬ 
rican States, in Harford county, Maryland, fitu^te at 
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