 | William Mason Cornell - Dutch - 1876 - 598 pages
...Council of Pennsylvania, if he would forsake the Americans, and join the British. He readily replied, " I am not worth purchasing ; but, such as I am, the...King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." The 6th February, 1778, France openly acknowledged the independence of America by a treaty with the... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - Cambridge (Mass.) - 1876 - 156 pages
...general to write almost boyishly to the junior soldier. His answer to Governor Johnstone's temptation — "I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am the...King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it," was the instantaneous and scornful message of a man of the highest honor. It was in July when Washington... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - Cambridge (Mass.) - 1876 - 152 pages
...general to write almost boyishly to the junior soldier. His answer to Governor Johnstone's temptation — "I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am the...King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it," was the instantaneous and scornful message of a man of the highest honor. It was in July when Washington... | |
 | Washington Irving - Children's literature - 1876 - 766 pages
...in the colonies in His Majesty's gift. To this lieed made his brief and memorable reply: " I am nut worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." The commissioners, disappointed in their hopes of influencing Congress, attempted to operate on the... | |
 | Shoshee Chunder Dutt - History, Modern - 1876 - 344 pages
...appointment in HM's service were offered. " I am not worth bribery," said the General proudly, in reply ; " but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." The struggle that followed was obstinate. The English had to carry on war at the same time... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - United States - 1876 - 450 pages
...obeyed, the enemy were repulsed, and a great victory was won. "lam nut wurth purchasing, but, such as 1 am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it" After the evacuation of Philadelphia by the British (June, 1778), General Joseph Reed, then a member... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 660 pages
...Philadelphia. When she had repeated the conversation with Johnstone, Reed indignantly replied — " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it ! " This attempt at bribery was soon made known, and drew upon the commissioners the scorn of all honest... | |
 | Hermann Marcus Kottinger - Christianity - 1877 - 334 pages
...office, if he would engage to promote the British interests. To this impudent offer he nobly replied : " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." (b)-The Last Will. An old man, of the name of Guyot, lived and died in the town of Marseilles,... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - America - 1877 - 396 pages
...efforts. For instance, a sum of ten thousand pounds was offered to Gen. Joseph Reed ; and he replied, " I am not worth purchasing ; but, such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." But the aid from France proved less than was expected. Fleets were sent out by the French... | |
 | United States - 1877 - 994 pages
...*ith Joseph Reed, an eminent lawver of Philadelphia, the same who, in 1778, said, "I am not sortii purchasing, but such as I am the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it;" and having been admitted to the bar he removed to Dover, in the State of Delaware, where, after a brief... | |
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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. 
