 | Addison Peale Russell - 1890 - 384 σελίδες
...wrote to Sam, who had been allowing her a hundred a year out of the proceeds of his acting, " Dear Sam, I am in prison for debt ; come and assist your loving mother, E. Foote." Sam replied, " Dear Mother, so am I, which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother by her... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1906 - 256 σελίδες
...passed between Mrs. Foote, the mother of the comedian, and Foote himself. Mrs. Foote wrote : — " DEAR SAM, — I am in prison for debt ; come and assist your loving mother, E. FOOTE." Sam replied: — " DEAR MOTHER,— So am I ; which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - 1909 - 942 σελίδες
...squandered it and was locked up in the Fleet Prison for debt. Thence she wrote to her son : — " DEAR SAM, " I am in prison for debt ; come and assist your loving mother, "E. FOOTE." To this brief note he replied : — "DEAR MOTHER, " So am I ; which prevents his duty being paid to... | |
 | John Fyvie - 1909 - 418 σελίδες
...; and it was probably about this time that she wrote him the following laconic epistle : — " DEAR SAM, — I am in prison for debt. Come and assist your loving mother, E. FOOTE." to which, it appears, the best reply he could send was : — " DEAR MOTHER, — So am I ; which prevents... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1910 - 404 σελίδες
...assistance : " DEAR SAM, — I am in prison. Come and see me and help me," etc. To which he replied : " DEAR MOTHER, — So am I, which prevents his duty...loving mother by her affectionate son, SAM FOOTE." There can be little doubt of the truth of this incident. He could not resist the jest, which is quite... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1910 - 338 σελίδες
...actor DEAR SON, — I am in prison for debt ; come and assist your loving mother. E. FOOTE The Reply DEAR MOTHER, — So am I; which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother. — Your affectionate son, SAMUEL FOOTE PS — I have sent my attorney to assist you ; in the meantime... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1910 - 468 σελίδες
...wrote to Sam, who had been allowing her a hundred a year out of the proceeds of his acting : " Dear Sam, I am in prison for debt ; come and assist your loving mother, E. Foote." To which her son characteristically replied : " Dear mother, so am I ; which prevents his duty being... | |
 | Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1926 - 312 σελίδες
...lived to a good old age, and Samuel was a good son to her. On one occasion she wrote to him : DEAR SAM, I am in prison for debt : come and assist your loving Mother, E. FOOTE. To which he replied : DEAR MOTHER, So am I ; which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1809 - 1484 σελίδες
...thoughtless dispositions of the two characters: •' Dear Sam, " 1 am in prison for debt : come " and assut your loving mother, " E. FOOTE." " Dear mother, ....his loving mother by " her affectionate son, * SAM. FOOTK." " PS I have sen! my attorney to assist you ; in the mean tun-, let us Lope lor belter day«."... | |
 | 1890 - 774 σελίδες
...following brief correspondence illustrates the likeness : Churlos Dickens.] (October 18, 1880.] 381 " DEAR SAM, — I am in prison for debt ; come and assist your loving mother, "E. FOOTE." He replied : "DEAR MOTHER,— So am I; which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother by her... | |
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Dear Mother, — So am I, which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother by her affectionate son, SAM. FOOTE. 
