 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 346 pages
...accommodation. This offer Mr, Reed considered as an attempt to bribe him; and he therefore replied — " I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the king of Great-Britain is not rich enough to do it." Times of civil war and commotion, as they sometimes give... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1807 - 556 pages
...Britain and the colonies. His reply is said to have been, — ' If this offer be meant as a bribe, I am not worth purchasing ; but, such as I am, the king of Britain is not rich enough to do it.' This abortive attempt induced congress to forbid their members,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 342 pages
...ac«ommodation. This offer Mr. Reed, considered as an attempt to bribe him, and he therefore replied, — " I am not worth purchasing : but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." Times of civil war and commotions, as they sometimes give... | |
 | Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 274 pages
...fyc. — The celebrated Joseph Reed replied to a corrupt ofler of one of the British commissioners ; " I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it ;" and the Congress, upon this information, and the commisioners'... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 400 pages
...accommodation. This offer Mr. Reed considered as an attempt to bribe him; and he therefore replied—" I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great-Britain is not rich enough to do it." The king of Spain now followed the example of the French... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1819 - 376 pages
...repetition of the proposition of Governor Johnstone brought from General Reed the prompt and noble reply : "I AM NOT WORTH PURCHASING ; BUT SUCH AS I AM, THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN IS NOT RICH ENOUGH TO DO IT." General Reed laid before Congress both the written and... | |
 | Frederick Butler - 1821 - 472 pages
...and reconciliation between Britain and America, to which Mr. Reed replied.—" lam not worth buying, but such as i AM, the King of England is not rich enough to do it.''1 Mr Reed, disclosed the facts to Congress, and they, by their resolve, ordered all letters... | |
 | Frederick Butler - 1821 - 474 pages
...reconciliation between Britain and America, to which Mr. Reed replied. — " lam not worth buying, but such as i AM, the King of England is not rich enough to do it."' Mr Reed disclosed the facts to Congress, and they, by their resolve, ordered all letters addressed... | |
 | J. R. Miller - 1825 - 490 pages
...thousand pounds et rrlinp, and any office in the colonies in hia majesty's gift. To which 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, on the ninth of July, ordered all letters, received... | |
 | 1827 - 654 pages
...which General Joseph Reed of Pennsylvania returned to the corrupt offer of governor Johnstone in 1 778. "I am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it" , The mpral sublimity of WASHINGToN'S character, which,... | |
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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. 
