 | Levi Carroll Judson - United States - 1854 - 496 pages
...bribery from the British Governor Johnstone is attributed to him and has been claimed for another. " I am not worth purchasing but such as I am the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." Nor was she rich enough to buy the humble soldiers who captured Andre. In 1778 Gen. Reed was'elected... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - United States - 1854 - 532 pages
...bribery from the British Governor Johnstone is attributed to him and has been claimed for another. " I am not worth purchasing but such as I am the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." Nor was she rich enough to buy the humble soldiers who captured Andre. In 1778 Gen. Reed was... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1855 - 766 pages
...offer of 10,000/, and thcbestotliee in the gift of the crown in America, ought never to be forgotten. " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king...of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." In 1770, Dr. Buckcnhout published "Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland." In 1783,... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...(Gen. Joseph Reed) who, though tempted to defection by an offer of £10,000, indignantly replied, " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." The Kail Road swindlers, the Bank defaulters, and the fancy stock speculators of the day,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1856 - 516 pages
...office in the colonies in His Majesty's gift. To this, Reed made his brief and memorable reply : " I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the...King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." A letter was also written by Johnstone to Robert Morris, the celebrated financier, then also a member... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1857 - 853 pages
...thousand pounds sterling, and any office in the colonies in his majesty's gift. To which Mr. 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 ordered [July 9] all letters received by members of Congress from any of the British commissioners,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1857 - 570 pages
...office in the colonies in His Majesty's gift. To this Reed made his bnef and memorable reply. "I ain not worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." A letter was also written by Johnstone to Robert Morris, the celebrated financier, then also a member... | |
 | Henry Tuttle - United States - 1860 - 38 pages
...pounds, and any office which the King could give him in the Colonies. What was his answer? "I am nut worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." What wag the result of the battle of Momnouth? The British retreated, and lost five hundred... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Clergy - 1860 - 754 pages
...himself on the side of the king. Viewing it in Ihe light of a bribe, he replied . " I am not north purchasing, but, such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough \adoit." Dr. Gordon's America, iii. 172. ed. London, 4 vols. 8vo. 1788 of the Bay, that the child that... | |
 | Joseph Stansbury, Jonathan Odell - History - 1860 - 236 pages
...our rights, and cover you with fhame for your proceedings.' — I am not worth purchafing, but fuch as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it ! Virtuous and fublime Reed ! Do not believe that we can pafs over in f1lence a reply fo magnanimous,... | |
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I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it. 
