| J. R. Miller - Great Britain - 1825 - 490 pages
...thousand pounds et rrlinp, and any office in the colonies in hia majesty's gift. To which Reed replied, " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.'* Congress, on the ninth of July, ordered all letters, received by members of congress, from any of the... | |
| American literature - 1827 - 654 pages
...which General Joseph Reed of Pennsylvania returned to the corrupt offer of governor Johnstone in 1 778. "I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it" , The mpral sublimity of WASHINGToN'S character, which, after some time, was felt over the united colonies,... | |
| Salma Hale - America - 1827 - 490 pages
...endeavour to effect a reunion of the two countries. " I am not worth purchasing," he nobly replied, " but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." On receiving official notification of the treaties concluded with her revolted colonies, Great Britain... | |
| Salma Hale - America - 1827 - 314 pages
...effect a reunion of the two countries. " I am not worth purchasing," he nobly replied, " b,ut such as 1 am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.'*' sir Henry Clinton, who, general Howe having resigned, had been appointed commander-in-chief. On the... | |
| David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 474 pages
...England and her colonies. His reply is said to have been, that, " If the offer were meant as a bribe, I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." This abortive attempt induced congress to forbid their members, by a solemn act, to correspond with... | |
| John Gregory Pike - Children - 1828 - 300 pages
...offered a great bribe to a Mr. Reid, employed by. the American government, and that he answered, " I am not worth purchasing; but, such as I am, the...king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." Such a declaration would raise the esteem of a nation for the man by whom it was uttered. So, my young... | |
| Josiah Conder - Canada - 1829 - 466 pages
...re-union of the colonies with the mother country. " 1 am not worth purchasing," was his noble reply ; " but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." States, whither the enemy were attracted by the prospect of easier victory. Savannah, the capital of... | |
| Josiah Conder - North America - 1830 - 396 pages
...re-union of the colonies with the mother country. " I am not worth purchasing," was his noble reply ; " but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." States, whither the enemy were attracted by the prospect of easier victory. Savannah, the capital of... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1832 - 656 pages
...the colonies, should be at his disposal. The answer of Reed was, " I am not worth purchasing ; hut, such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." In the same year, ho was unanimously elected president ol" the supreme executive council of Penn534 535 svlrania, and... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1834 - 588 pages
...he would exert himself on the side of the king. Viewing it in the light of a bribe, he replied : " / am not worth purchasing, but, such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." Dr. Gordon's America, iii. 172. ed. London, 4 vols. 8 vo. 1788. and to say to him, Huit I love the... | |
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