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Hildebrod (Jacob duke), president of the Alsatian Club.—Sir W. Scott: Fortunes of Nigel (time, James I.).

Hildesheim. The monk of Hildesheim, doubting how a thousand years with God could be “only one day,” listened to the melody of a bird in a green wood, as he supposed, for only three minutes, but found the time had in reality been a hundred years. (See Felix, p. 361.)

Hill (Dr. John), whose pseudonym was “Mrs. Glasse.” Garrick said of him—

For physic and farces,
His equal there scarce is,
For his farces are physic, and his physic a farce is

Hillary (Tom), apprentice of Mr. Lawford the town clerk. Afterwards captain Hillary.—Sir W. Scott: The Surgeon’s Daughter (time, George II.).

Hinchup (Dame), a peasant, at the execution of Meg Murdochson.—Sir W. Scott: Heart of Midlothian (time, George II.).

Hind and Panther (The) a poem by Dryden (1687), in defence of the Catholic religion. The hind is the Latin Church, and the panther is the Church of England. James II. is the lion which protects the hind from the bear (Independents), the wolf (Presbyterians), the hare (Quakers), the ape (Freethinkers), the boar (Anabaptists), and the fox (Arians).

The City and Country Mouse, by Prior and Montague (earl of Halifax), is a parody in ridicule of the Hind and Panther. Dryden says—

A milk-white hind, immortal and unchanged,
Fed on the lawns, and in the forest ranged;
Without unspotted, innocent within,
She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.

The parody is—

A milk-white mouse, immortal and unchanged,
Fed on soft cheese, and o’er the diary ranged;
Without unspotted, innocent within,
She feared no danger, for she knew no ginn.

Hinda, daughter of Al Hassan the Arabian emir of Persia. Her lover Hafed, a Gheber or fire-worshipper, was the sworn enemy of the emir. Al Hassan sent Hinda away, but she was taken captive by Hafed’s party. Hafed, being betrayed to Al Hassan, burnt himself to death in the sacred fire, and Hinda cast herself into the sea.—Moore: Lalla Rookh (“The Fire-Worshippers,” 1817).

Hinges (Harmonious). The doors of the harem of Fakreddin turned on harmonious hinges.—Beckford: Vathek (1784).