Complex sentence: About 1760, being on a long voyage, Campbell read the "Ramblers", and staying shortly after at Pensacola wrote there his "Lexiphanes" and "Sale of Authors"; the works remained in manuscript for some two years, till he reached England.
Split into simpler sentences: About 1760, being on a long voyage, Campbell read the "Ramblers", and staying shortly after at Pensacola wrote there his "Lexiphanes" and "Sale of Authors". The works remained in manuscript for some two years, till he reached England.