ABRAHAM COLES
\ˈe͡ɪbɹəhˌam kˈə͡ʊlz], \ˈeɪbɹəhˌam kˈəʊlz], \ˈeɪ_b_ɹ_ə_h_ˌa_m k_ˈəʊ_l_z]\
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An American prose-writer and poet; born in Scotch Plains, N. J., Dec. 26, 1813; died in Monterey, Cal., May 3, 1891. In 1835 he graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He has published thirteen original translations of the celebrated hymn "Dies Irae" (1859); "Old Gems in New Settings" (1866); "The Microcosm"; and "The Light of the World" (1884). In 1871 Princeton gave him the degree of LL. D.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.