 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 782 pages
...was a member of congress, at which time he uttered to a British commissioner these memorable words: "I am not worth purchasing; but, such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it!" From 1778 to 1781, he was president of Pennsylvania,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 866 pages
...exert himself to promote a reconciliation between Great Britain and the colonies. His answer was: " I am not worth purchasing ; but, such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." In the same year he was made president of the supreme... | |
 | Clement Laird Vallandigham - United States - 1864 - 586 pages
...the bribes of George III., saying, with the true spirit and in the very language of a patriot, " Sir, I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the King of England is not rich enough to buy me." I commend Pennsylvania to her early virtue and her ancient... | |
 | William Vincent Wells - United States - 1865 - 562 pages
...attempt of that kind upon the patriotic Joseph Reed of New Jersey elicited the celebrated exclamation : " I am not worth purchasing ; but, such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." Shortly after the arrival of the letter to Henry Laurens,... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1865 - 902 pages
...choose, if he would aid the object of the mission. To which offer he made this memorable reply : " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of England is not rich enough to buy me." "Wlien it was known that a French fleet was expected on the... | |
 | Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - Readers - 1866 - 204 pages
...Reed £10,000 sterling, if ha would try to re-unite the colonies to the mother country. Said he, " I am not worth purchasing; but, such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." I SPTTJRN your gilded bait, oh, King, my faith you... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1867 - 834 pages
...choose, if he would aid the object of the mission. To which offer he made this memorable reply : " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of England is not rich enough to buy me." When it was known that a French fleet was expected on the... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1868 - 890 pages
...choose, if he would aid the object of the mission. To which offer he made this memorable reply : " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of England is not rich enough to buy me." When it was known that a French fleet was expected on the... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - Manners and customs - 1870 - 664 pages
...before its organization as a State. It was he who made the declaration in answer to a royal proposition: "I am not worth purchasing ; but, such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." Mr. Webster gave a ball and supper in honor of Lord... | |
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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. 
