Happy Valley,

in Dr. Johnson’s tale of Rasselas, is placed in the kingdom of Amhara, and was inaccessible except in one spot through a cave in a rock. It was a Garden of Paradise where resided the princes of Abyssinia.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Hansards
Hanse Towns
Hanseatic League
Hansel
Hansel Monday
Hansom (A)
Hapmouche
Happy Arabia
Happy Expression (A)
Happy-go-lucky (A)
Happy Valley
Happy as a Clam at High Tide
Happy as a King
Happy the People whose Annals are Tiresome
Hapsburg
Har
Har
Haram or Harem
Harapha
Harbinger
Harcourt’s Round Table