picturesque

• To the eye of the traveller with a mind for the picturesque, there were parts of this central region of France whose smiling undulations, delicious water-scenes, deep glens extending into amphitheatres, and slopes hung with woods of chestnut, all seemed to make a lovelier picture than the cheerful beauty of prosperous Normandy, or the olive-groves and orange-gardens of Provence. —  Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot
• It was not difficult to discover from the conversation of this singular man, whose subtle and secretive instincts were contradicted, at times, by a strange inconsequent frankness, that his genuine feeling for the picturesque was accompanied by an equally strong predilection for the appurtenances of wealth and splendour; his love of great names and estates being almost of the calibre of the housemaid's passion for lofty personages in her penny periodical. —  The Daughters of Danaus
• All of these early volumes showed a quick eye for the picturesque, an unusual power of description, and humor of the most delicate quality; but as yet there was little approach to narrative. —  Brief History of English and American Literature
• I want him to be picturesque--there's no use being in Italy if you can't have things picturesque, is there, Gustavo Si_, signorina," he bowed and resumed his attitude of strained attention He must have curly hair and black eyes and white teeth and a nice smile; I should like him to wear a red sash and earrings. —  Jerry Junior
• I want him to be picturesque--there's no use being in Italy if you can't have things picturesque, is there, Gustavo Si_, signorina,' he bowed and resumed his attitude of strained attention He must have curly hair and black eyes and white teeth and a nice smile; I should like him to wear a red sash and earrings. —  Jerry

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