picturesquenesses

It is full of wise saws and proverbs, quips and quirks of expression, the picturesquenesses and homelinesses of speech that are characteristic of a peasant to whom talk is the half of life.

Irish Plays and Playwrights Cornelius Weygandt 1914

You do not need to invent any picturesquenesses; whatever you want in that line he can furnish you; and they will not be fancies and doubtful, but realities and authentic.

Following the Equator, Part 3 Mark Twain 1872

You do not need to invent any picturesquenesses; whatever you want in that line he can furnish you; and they will not be fancies and doubtful, but realities and authentic.

Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

Had they looked at his architecture long, they would have found that it contained subtle picturesquenesses, infinitely more picturesque than anything of Prout's.

The Two Paths John Ruskin 1859