THE

NATIONAL PRECEPTOR:

OR,

SELECTIONS

IN

PROSE AND POETRY;

CONSISTING OF

NARRATIVE, DESCRIPTIVE, ARGUMENTATIVE, DIDACTIC,

PATHETIC, AND HUMOROUS PIECES;

TOGETHER WITH

DIALOGUES, ADDRESSES, ORATIONS, SPEECHES. &c

CALCULATED

TO IMPROVE THE SCHOLAR IN READING AND SPEAKING; AND
TO IMPRESS THE MINDS OF YOUTH WITH SENTIMENTS
OF PIETY AND VIRTUE.

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.

HIRTY SIXTH EDITION.

BY J. OLNEY, A. M.

AUTHOR OF "A PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY AND ATLAS.”