 | Levi Carroll Judson - United States - 1852 - 516 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... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 822 pages
...ten 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...cotemporary, (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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1857 - 853 pages
...ten 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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1859 - 674 pages
...offered by the commissioners. Her mission became known, and General Reed alleged that he said to her, "I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of England is not rich enough to do it." the Delaware a few days before the arrival of D'Estaing1 [July... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 668 pages
...offered by the commissioners. Her mission became known, and General Reed alleged that he said to her, " I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of England is not rich enough to do it" the Delaware a few days before the arrival of D'Estaing1 [July... | |
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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. 
