...Under one of her temporary embarrassments she wrote tlse following; laconic epistle to Foote: " DEAR SAM, " I am in prison for debt; come and assist your loving mother " E. FOOTE." His answer, scarcely less laconic, was as follows: " DEAR MOTHER, " So am I; which prevents hi* cfuty...

...AM in prison for debt : come and assist your loving mother, " K. FOOT i." « DEAR MOTHFR, "SO ami; which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother by her affectionate son, " SAM FOOTS." "PS. I have sent my attorney to assist you ; in the mean time let u» hope for better days."...

...his answer, exhibit no bad specimen ot the thoughtless dispositions of the two characters : " Dear Sam, , " I am in prison for debt : come " and assist...loving mother, " E. FOOTE." " Dear mother, " So am I ; и nidi prevents his duly " being paid to his loving mother by " her afleclioiiate son, « SAM. FOOTE."...

...his answer, exhibit no bud specinifii of the thoughtless dispositions ol the two characters: " Dear Sam, " I am in prison for debt : come " and assist your loving mother, " E. ГООГЕ." P" Dear mother, . " So am I ; which prevents his duly * " being paid to lib loving mother...

...SAM, I AM in pnl'cm for debt : come and afiift your loving mother, E. FOOTE." " DEAR MOTHCT, SO am 1 ; which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother, by her affectionate fon, SAM FOOTE." " PS I have fent my attorney to afiift you ; in the mean -time let us hope for better...

...pounds a year. Under a temporary embarrassment, she wrote the following laconic epistle to Foote. " Dear Sam, " I am in prison for debt ; come and assist your loving mother. E. Foote." His answer was, " Dear mother, " So am I ; which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother...

...bounty of Samuel, who allowed her a hundred a year. On one occasion she wrote him as follows : '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 hia...

...from his mother, who is said to have resembled him in character, the following epistle : " Dear Sam, 1 am in prison for debt; come and assist your loving mother, — E. Fooit;.'* Sam's reply was equally laconic. " Dear Mother, so am I, which prevents his duty being paid...

...tVoin his mother, whu is said to have resembled him in character, the following epistle : " Dear Sam, 1 am in prison for debt; come and assist your loving mother, — E. FOOTE." Sam's reply was equally laconic. " Dear Mother, so am I, which prevents his duty being paid to his...

...of all. Do you remember the anecdote of Foote the humourist ? His mother wrote to him saying, " 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...