...might amend the epitaph said to have been composed for his great-grandfather, to make it read: — Under this stone lies Richard Mather, Who had a son greater than his father, And eke a grandson more famous than either, But the next generation failed — rather. It were easy to criticise the tastes,...

...the son, and yet stronger in the grandson. " This fact is recorded in an old epitaph, composed foi the founder of the illustrious tribe : ' Under this...his father, And eke a grandson greater than either.' " Richard Mather (1596-1669), after leaving Oxford, became a preacher of the English Church, but, for...

...recorded in an old epitaph, composed fo» the founder of the illustrious tribe : ' Under thie atone lies Richard Mather, Who had a son greater than his father, And eke a grandson greater than either.1 " Richard Mather (1596-1669), after leaving Oxford, became a preacher of the English Church,...

...the Mather family was to increase in brilliancy with each generation. An old epitaph records that " Under this stone lies Richard Mather, Who had a son...his father, And eke a grandson greater than either." The son was Increase Mather, renowned for learning and eloquence, president of Harvard College from...

...Increase and Cotton, has been generally acknowledged and has found expression in this later epitaph : " Under this stone lies Richard Mather, Who had a son...his father, And eke a grandson greater than either." That facetious divine, Mather Byles, of the fourth generation, used to amuse his friends by occasionally...

...These traits, pronounced in the father, were stronger in the son, and yet stronger in the grandson. " This fact is recorded in an old epitaph, composed...his father, And eke a grandson greater than either." " Richard Mather (1596-1609), after leaving Oxford, became a preacher of the English Church, but, for...

...a line of distinguished ancestors, the relative standing of whom is given in an old epitaph: — " Under this stone lies Richard Mather, Who had a son...father, And eke a grandson greater than either." This grandson was of course Cotton Mather, who was born Feb. 12, 1663, in Boston. On the side of his mother,...

...father and glory of Boston," — John Cotton. An epitaph was written for his grandfather, — " Here lies Richard Mather, Who had a son greater than his father, And a grandson greater than either." We can best understand the spirit of those old Puritan divines, and...

...Mather, who was born in 1663. The old epitaph on the stone of the founder of the tribe comes to mind: " Under this stone lies Richard Mather, Who had a son greater than his father, And also a grandson greater than either." He has been called the " literary Behemoth " of New England....

...discharging Parochial Duties. — Singular Meditations and Ejaculations, to which he was accustomed. this stone lies Richard Mather, Who had a son greater...father, And eke a grandson greater than either." This ancient epitaph is introduced, not on account of its poetical merits, but because it describes the...