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 HARRINGTON for the propagation of his principles, which was dissolved in February, 1660. He was arrested on a charge of treason, Dec. 28, 1661, being suspected of an intent to overthrow the gov- ernment and establish" a republic. His health was impaired and his mind became deranged by his imprisonment, and after a time he was liberated through the intercession of the earl of Bath. He went to London, where he par- tially recovered his bodily health, but never ained the full vigor of his intellect. Be- ,.B8 the "Oceana," Harrington published The Grounds and Reasons of Monarchy Con- sidered," " The Prerogative of Popular Govern- ment," "A Model of Popular Government," several political tracts, and a number of minor works, among which is a translation of part of e works of Virgil. His political writings have n several times republished ; an edition, ith his life by Toland, in 1700, in 1 vol. fol. ; e best by Thomas Brand Hollis in 1771. HARRINGTON, Sir John. See HARINGTON. HARRIOT, Thomas, an English mathematician, in Oxford in 1560, died in London, July 1621. He received the degree of B. A. at Oxford in 1579, and was a member of Sir Wal- ter Raleigh's expedition to Virginia in 1584, writing on his return an account of the coun- try, under the title of "A Brief and True Report of the new-found Land of Virginia," which was republished in vol. iii. of Hakluyt's Voyages." He was introduced by Raleigh the earl of Northumberland, received from a pension of 300, and afterward devo- d himself to mathematical researches, which ere published in 1631 by his friend Walter Warner, under the title, Artis Analyticee Praxis ad ^Equationes Algebraical Resohen- das. He corresponded with Kepler upon the theory of the rainbow, and it appears from his manuscripts that he observed the spots upon the sun before he could have known of Gali- leo's discovery of them. HARRIS. I. A W. county of Georgia, sep- arated from Alabama by the Chattahoochee, and drained by several small branches of that river; area, about 440 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 13,284, of whom 7,493 were colored. It has a greatly diversified surface ; the E. part is trav- ersed by the Pine and Oak mountains, and large tracts of land are covered with forests. The chief productions in 1870 were 24,226 bushels of wheat, 255,976 of Indian corn, 62,- 914 of sweet potatoes, and 8,163 bales of cot- ton. There were 964 horses, 1,537 mules and asses, 2,647 milch cows, 4,015 other cattle, and 9,613 swine. Capital, Hamilton. II. A S. E. county of Texas, bordering on Galveston bay, bounded N. and E. by San Jacinto river, and tersected by Buffalo bayou, both of which e navigable by steamboats; area, 1,832 sq. . ; pop. in 1870, 17,375, of whom 6,509 were ilored. The surface is a fertile alluvial plain, early destitute of timber except along the iams, and covered with rich savannas which ture large numbers of horses and cattle. HARRIS 477 The Houston and Texas Central, the Houston and Great Northern, the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson, the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio, the Texas and New Orleans, and the Houston Tap and Brazoria railroads trav- erse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 99,977 bushels of Indian corn, 38,895 of sweet potatoes, and 1,064 bales of cotton. There were 2,833 horses, 4,561 milch cows, 1,204 working oxen, 27,544 other cattle, 5,713 sheep, and 5,434 swine. It has a number of manu- facturing establishments, chiefly in Houston, the county seat. HARRIS, James, an English philologist, born in Salisbury, July 20, 1709, died Dec. 22, 1780. He was educated at Oxford as gentleman com- moner, and thence passed as a student of law to Lincoln's Inn. His father died when he was 24 years of age, leaving him a fortune, so that he abandoned the law, retired to his na- tive town, and devoted himself to more con- genial pursuits. He was elected to parliament for the borough of Christchurch in 1761, and tilled that seat during the rest of his life. In 1762 he was appointed onfe of the lords of the admiralty, and in the following year a lord of the treasury, but went out of office with the change of administration in 1765. In 1774 he was appointed secretary and comptroller to the queen. In 1744 he published "Three Trea- tises : I. Art ; II. Music, Painting, and Poetry ; III. Happiness;" and in 1751 his famous work, " Hermes, or a Philosophical Inquiry concern- ing Universal Grammar," which has been con- sidered a model of ingenious analysis and clear exposition, Lowth claiming for it that it is the best specimen of analysis since the time of Aristotle. In 1775 Harris published "Philo- sophical Arrangements," as part of a projected work upon the "Logic" of Aristotle. His "Philological Inquiries" was published after his death, in 1781. His collected works were published in 1792 ; a fine edition, with a biog- raphy, was published by his son, Lord Malmes- bury, in 1801 (2 vols. 4to, London). HARRIS, John, an English clergyman, born at Ugborough, Devonshire, in 1804, died in Lon- don, Dec. 21, 1856. He studied divinity in Hoxton Independent college, and became pastor of the Independent church in Epsom. When in 1850 it was determined to consolidate the various Independent colleges in and about the metropolis into one, he was chosen principal of the new institution, called New college, in which he was also professor of theology. While at Epsom he wrote his prize essay against covet- ousness under the title of " Mammon " (1836). Other works written for prizes were "Bri- tannia " (1837), an appeal in aid of the ob- jects of the British and foreign sailors' so- ciety, and "The Great Commission" (1842), an essay on Christian missions. His most impor- tant works are "The Pre-Adamite Earth" (1847), "Man Primeval" (1849), and "Patri- archy, or the Family, its Constitution and Pro- bation " (1855).