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Author: Bingham, Caleb, 1757-1817.
Title: The American preceptor; being a new selection of lessons for reading and speaking. Designed for the use of schools. / By Caleb Bingham, A.M. author of The young lady's accidence, and Child's companion. ; [One line of quotation] ; Published according to act of Congress.
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Print source: The American preceptor; being a new selection of lessons for reading and speaking. Designed for the use of schools. / By Caleb Bingham, A.M. author of The young lady's accidence, and Child's companion. ; [One line of quotation] ; Published according to act of Congress.
Bingham, Caleb, 1757-1817.
Boston:: Printed by Manning and Loring, for the author, and for S. Hall, no. 53, Cornhill.--, 1794.
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Readers.
Juvenile literature -- 1794.
Anthologies.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N20339.0001.001
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR READING AND SPEAKING. EXTRACTED FROM BLAIR'S LECTURES.
SELECT SENTENCES.
A HINT TO PARENTS.
ON THE DUTY OF SCHOOL-BOYS.
THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH ABRIDGED.
A SHORT SYSTEM OF VIRTUE AND HAP|PINESS.
THE CHILD TRAINED UP FOR THE GAL|LOWS.
CHARACTER OF FIDELIA.
HISTORY OF JERUSALEM.
THE FAITHFUL AMERICAN DOG.
FILIAL DUTY AND AFFECTION.
THE BEE.
ON THE SARY HEAVENS.
OF QUEEN MARY, AND THE MARTYRS.
STORY OF LOGAN, A MINGO CHIEF.
THE AGED PRISONER, RELEASED FROM THE BASTILE.
ACCOUNT OF COLUMBUS.
COLUMBA.
DESCRIPTION OF BABYLON.
THE SAILOR AND THE MONKIES.
THE BRAVE SOLDIER'S REVENGE.
AN ORATION UPON FEMALE EDUCATION, PRONOUNCED BY A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE PUB|LIC SCHOOLS IN BOSTON, SEPTEMBER, 1791.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN FERNANDO COR|TEZ, AND WILLIAM PENN.
THE WHISTLE.
TRUE PATRIOTISM, DISPLAYED AT THE SIEGE OF CALAIS.
SUBLIMITY OF THE SCRIPTURES.
REVELATION. CHAP. X.
ANECDOTE OF MONTESQUIEU.
THE BENEVOLENT PAIR.
THE UNFORTUNATE PHILANTHROPIST.
ST. PAUL'S SPEECH BEFORE KING AGRIPPA.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
SPEECH OF NICOLAUS.
INTEGRITY.
AN ADDRESS TO THE VISITANTS.
ADVICE TO A YOUNG TRADESMAN.
PARENTAL AFFECTION. STORY OF THE BEAR.
THE VICTIM. AN INDIAN STORY.
THE ART OF PLEASING.
EXAMPLE OF JUSTICE AND MAGNA|NIMITY.
THE DUELLISTS. SCENE BETWEEN EDWARD AND HENRY.
SPEECH OF MR. PITT IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE SLAVE TRADE.
THE SLAVES. AN ELEGY.
THE HUMANE INDIAN.
THE MAMMOTH.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN MRS. CARELESS AND MRS. FRIENDLY, UPON FEMALE EDUCATION.
SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF GENERAL PUTNAM.
EXTRACT FROM DR. JOSEPH WARREN's ORATION, DELIVERED AT BOSTON, MARCH 5, 1772.
SELF-INTEREST. DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO NEIGHBORS.
ON PROFANE SWEARING.
THE TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE.
FEMALE INDUSTRY.
THE LAP-DOG. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO YOUNG LADIES.
EXTRACT FROM THE ORATION OF THO|MAS DAWES, ESQ. DELIVERED AT BOS|TON, JULY 4, 1787.
GENERAL WASHINGTON'S RESIGNATION.
SPEECH OF A SCYTHIAN AMBASSADOR TO ALEXANDER.
THE REVENGE OF A GREAT SOUL.
CUDJOE, THE FAITHFUL AFRICAN.
THE AFRICAN CHIEF.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN MERCURY AND A MODERN FINE LADY; SHOWING THE FUTILE EN|GAGEMENTS AND PURSUITS OF A MODISH WOMAN.
PART OF THE SPEECH OF PUBLIUS SCIPIO TO THE ROMAN ARMY, BEFORE THE BATTLE OF THE TICIN.
PART OF HANNIBAL'S SPEECH TO THE CARTHAGENIAN ARMY, ON THE SAME OCCASION.
EXTRACT FROM DR. BELKNAP'S ADDRESS TO THE INHABITANTS OF NEW-HAMP|SHIRE, AT THE CLOSE OF HIS HISTORY OF THAT STATE.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN CICERO AND LORD CHESTERFIELD.
OF THE ELEPHANT.
SPEECH OF MR. WALPOLE IN THE BRIT|ISH PARLIAMENT IN OPPOSITION TO MR. PITT, LATE EARL OF CHATHAM.
Mr. PITT'S ANSWER TO THE FORE|GOING.
STORY OF A SECOND JOSEPH.
SCENE BETWEEN CATO AND DECIUS.
THE BEGGAR'S PETITION.
THE TEST OF GOODNESS.
DESCRIPTION OF MOUNT AETNA.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO SCHOOL BOYS, ON DANCING.
EXTRACT FROM MR. JOHN Q. ADAMS'S ORATION, DELIVERED AT BOSTON, JU|LY 4, 1793.
ON KNOWING THE WORLD AT AN EARLY AGE.
HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS.
SPEECH OF CAIUS MARIUS TO THE RO|MANS; SHOWING THE ABSURDITY OF THEIR HESI|TATING TO CONFER ON HIM THE RANK OF GENE|RAL, MERELY ON ACCOUNT OF HIS EXTRACTION.
FRATERNAL AFFECTION.
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GRAMMATICALLY.
THE HOTTENTOT AND THE LION.
SCENE BETWEEN GUSTAVUS VASA AND CRISTIERN.
NARRATIVE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF FOUR SAILORS, WHO WERE CAST AWAY ON THE DESERT ISLAND OF SPITSBERGEN.
SPEECH OF CANULEIUS, A ROMAN TRI|BUNE, TO THE CONSULS, IN BEHALF OF THE PLEBEIANS.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
BENEVOENT AFFECTIONS.
MESSIAH. A SACRED ECLOGUE.
NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF MRS. JEMIMA HOWE, TAKEN BY THE INDIANS AT HINS|DALE, NEW-HAMPSHIRE, JULY 27, 1755.
EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF MR. PITT IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, JAN. 20, 1775.
THE LION.
STORY OF THE GRATEFUL TURK.
THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS.
SPEECH OF DEMOSTHENES TO THE ATHE|NIANS, CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF THE STATE.
A FATHER'S ADVICE TO HIS CHILDREN.
ON THE PULPIT AND PREACHERS.
BRUTUS' SPEECH ON THE DEATH OF CAESAR.
JUBA AND SYPHAX.
GENERAL WOLFE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY.
FOSCARI, THE UNFORTUNATE VE|NETIAN.
PART OF CICERO'S ORATION AGAINST VERRES.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A TUTOR AND PUPIL, ON ILL HUMOR.
A SHORT ADDRESS TO PARENTS.
A SERIOUS ADDRESS FROM A PRECEPTOR TO HIS SCHOLARS.