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    "verified_text": "harington, sir john (1561-1612), english writer, was born at kelston, near bath, in 1561. his father, john harington, acquired considerable estates by marrying etheldreda, a natural daughter of henry viii., and after his wife's death he was attached to the service of the princess elizabeth. he married isabella markham, one of her ladies, and on mary's accession he and his wife were imprisoned in the tower with the princess. john, the son of the second marriage, was elizabeth's godson. he studied at eton and at christ's college, cambridge, where he took the degree of m.a., his tutor being john still, afterwards bishop of bath and wells, formerly reputed to be the author of _gammer gurton's needle_. he came up to london about 1583 and was entered at lincoln's inn, but his talents marked him out for success at court rather than for a legal career. tradition relates that he translated the story of giocondo from ariosto and was reproved by the queen for acquainting her ladies with so indiscreet a selection. he was to retire to his seat at kelston until he completed the translation of the entire work. _orlando furioso_ in english heroical verse was published in 1591 and reprinted in 1607 and 1634. harington was high sheriff of somerset in 1592 and received elizabeth at his house during her western progress of 1591. in 1596 he published in succession _the metamorphosis of ajax_, _an anatomie of the metamorphosed ajax_, and _ulysses upon ajax_, the three forming collectively a very absurd and indecorous work of a pantagruelistic kind. an allusion to leicester in this book threw the writer into temporary disgrace, but in 1598 he received a commission to serve in ireland under essex. he was knighted on the field, to the annoyance of elizabeth. harington saved himself from being involved in essex's disgrace by writing an account of the irish campaign which increased elizabeth's anger against the unfortunate earl. among some papers found in the chapter library at york was a _tract on the succession to the crown_ (1602), written by harington to secure the favour of the new king, to whom he sent the gift of a lantern constructed to symbolize the waning glory of the late queen and james's own splendour. this pamphlet, which contains many details of great interest about elizabeth and gives an unprejudiced sketch of the religious question, was edited for the roxburghe club in 1880 by sir clements markham. harington's efforts to win favour at the new court were unsuccessful. in 1605 he even asked for the office of chancellor of ireland and proposed himself as archbishop. the document in which he preferred this extraordinary request was published in 1879 with the title of _a short view of the state of ireland written in 1605_. harington was before his time in advocating a policy of generosity and conciliation towards that country. he eventually succeeded in obtaining a position as one of the tutors of prince henry, for whom he annotated francis godwin's _de praesulibus angliae_. harington's grandson, john chetwind, found in this somewhat scandalous production an argument for the presbyterian side, and published it in 1653, under the title of _a briefe view of the state of the church, &c._ harington died at kelston on the 20th of november 1612. his _epigrams_ were printed in a collection entitled _alcilia_ in 1613, and separately in 1615. the translation of the _orlando furioso_ was carried out with skill and perseverance. it is not to be supposed that harington failed to realize the ironic quality of his original, but he treated it as a serious allegory to suit the temper of queen elizabeth's court. he was neither a very exact scholar nor a very poetical translator, and he cannot be named in the same breath with fairfax. the _orlando furioso_ was sumptuously illustrated, and to it was prefixed an _apologie of poetrie_, justifying the subject matter of the poem, and, among other technical matters, the author's use of disyllabic and trisyllabic rhymes, also a life of ariosto compiled by harington from various italian sources. harington's rabelaisian pamphlets show that he was almost equally endowed with wit and indelicacy, and his epigrams are sometimes smart and always easy. his works include _the englishman's doctor, or the school of salerne_ (1608), and _nugae antiquae_, miscellaneous papers collected in 1779. _a biographical account of harington is prefixed to the roxburghe club edition of his tract on the succession mentioned above._ hariri [abu mahommed ul-qasim ibn 'ali ibn mahommed al-hariri,] i.e. \"the manufacturer or seller of silk\"] (1054-1122), arabian writer, was born at basra. he owned a large estate with 18,000 date-palms at mashan, a village near basra. he is said to have occupied a government position, but devoted his life to the study of the niceties of the arabic language. on this subject he wrote a grammatical poem the _mulhat ul-'irab_ (french trans. _les recreations grammaticales_ with notes by l. pinto, paris 1885-1889; extracts in s. de sacy's _anthologie arabe_, pp. 145-151, paris, 1829); a work on the faults of the educated called _durrat ul-ghawwas_ (ed. h. thorbecke, leipzig, 1871), and some smaller treatises such as the two letters on words containing the letters _sin_ and _shin_ (ed. in arnold's _chrestomathy_, pp. 202-9). but his fame rests chiefly on his fifty _maqamas_ (see arabia: _literature_, section \"belles lettres\"). these were written in rhymed prose like those of hamadhani, and are full of allusions to arabian history, poetry and tradition, and discussions of difficult points of arabic grammar and rhetoric. the maqamas have been edited with arabic commentary by s. de sacy (paris, 1822, 2nd ed. with french notes by reinaud and j. derenbourg, paris, 1853); with english notes by f. steingass (london, 1896). an english translation with notes was made by t. preston (london, 1850), and another by t. chenery and f. steingass (london, 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