...Scriptures and turn- e0 ing his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months he grew thoroughly reconciled to his condition. When. he had made this conquest, the vigor of his health, disengagement from the world, a con-«« stant cheerful, serene sky, and a temperate...

...Scriptures, and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months, he grew thoroughly reconciled to his condition. When...had before been irksome. He now, taking delight in everything, made the hut in which he lay, by ornaments which he cut down from a spacious wood, on the...

...Scriptures, and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months, he grew thoroughly reconciled to his condition. When...had before been irksome. He, now taking delight in everything, made the hut in which he lay, by ornaments which he cut down from a spacious wood on the...

...pleasures of solitude rather than those of the flesh. Disengagement from the World, a constant, chearful, serene Sky, and a temperate Air, made his Life one...irksome. He now taking Delight in every thing, made the Hutt in which he lay, by Ornaments which he cut down from a spacious Wood, on the side of which it...

...journalist Richard Steele, who interviewed Selkirk in a tavern after his return to England. the vigor of his health, disengagement from the world, a constant,...a temperate air made his life one continual feast, [it] being much more joyful than it had before been irksome. He, now taking delight in everything,...

...Scriptures, and turning his Thoughts upon the Study of Navigation, after the Space of eighteen Months, he grew thoroughly reconciled to his Condition. When...Health, Disengagement from the World, a constant, chearful, serene Sky, and a temperate Air, made his Life one continual Feast, and his Being much more...