De Quincey's writings.
Subtitle: Vol. 23
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781425534615
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; History / United States / General; United States - General
First sentence: MANY years ago, walking in the sequestered valleys of Cumberland, with an eminent author of the present day, we came to a long and desolate sort of gallery, through a wilderness of rocks, which, after rising and narrowing for about two miles, suddenly opened right and left into a little pastoral recess, within the very heart of the highest mountains.