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Excerpt from An Historical Sketch of the Origin of English Prose Literature: And of Its Progress Till the Reign of James I The fluctuating circumstances Of a barbarous people afford abundant opportunities for the display Of extemporaneous harangue. By its varied agency and irresistible enchantment, their. Fiercest passions can either be subdued during peace, or their courage stimulated arid inflamed in the hour of peril and combat.