"I thought he was not a Monarch only, but a great Conqueror; for that he that has got a Victory over his own exorbitant Desires, and has the absolute Dominion over himself, whose Reason entirely governs his Will, is certainly greater than he that conquers a City"
The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
47 entries in the ESTC (1719, 1722, 1724, 1726, 1733, 1735, 1736, 1744, 1747, 1750, 1753, 1755, 1761, 1766, 1767, 1772, 1776, 1778, 1780, 1784, 1787, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1800).<br>
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Text from Daniel Defoe, <u>The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Being the Second and Last Part of his Life, And Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. The Second Edition. To which is added a Map of the World, in which is Delineated the Voyages of Robinson Crusoe</u>. 2nd edition (London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1719). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW109258126&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to first edition in ECCO</a>&gt;