 | Josiah Conder - 1829 - 466 Seiten
...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 - 1830 - 396 Seiten
...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 - 1832 - 656 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 588 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1834 - 438 Seiten
...there another, who could have nude the reply of Joseph Reed — "lamnot worth purehttiinf!; but such at I am the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to (to it." Such was the language of Mr. Heed, to the tempting offers of the British governJOSEPH REED.... | |
 | John Frost - 1838 - 404 Seiten
...colonies to the mother country. ' I am not worth purchasing,' replied this incorruptible patriot, ' but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me.' All the clandestine overtures of the governor were rejected with contempt, and congress being... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1839 - 304 Seiten
...General Reed, if he would bring about a reconciliation. He replied in the true spirit of freedom, " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." 4. The conduct of the British in stirring up the cruel savages to ravage the American frontiers,... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1840 - 342 Seiten
...Joseph Reed, an influential member of congress, this patriot replied: " I am not worth purchasing; yet, such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." It has already been mentioned, that the hostile armies of Washington and Howe had withdrawn... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 538 Seiten
...detached from his country's cause by the offer of riches and honours made him by the agents of Britain, replied, " I am not worth purchasing ; but, such as...am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to buy me." The last act of this great political drama was the Declaration of American Independence on... | |
 | Sherman Day - 1843 - 766 Seiten
...of Pennsylvania, £10,000 sterling, with the best office in the colonies, to promote their plans. He promptly replied, " I am not worth purchasing ; but...king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." On the 6th February, 1778, France openly espoused the American cause, by a treaty with the commissioners,... | |
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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. 
