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Sentence Examples Situated in a scenic valley surrounded by picturesque mountains, Medellin is a city of lush parks and tree-lined boulevards. The narrow, leaning buildings and the large city park, Vondelpark, make Amsterdam a picturesque city for walking or biking. Then there is a film, Timeless Warps by Fahad Samar, which is a picturesque documentary depicting the art of making dhurries. In the picturesque port city of Bahia, Flor, a lovely young woman, marries the wastrel Vadinho, a compulsive wencher who beats her. The developers are determined to keep the picturesque grounds intact and the hospital's grandeur appearance. Those trollers are so picturesque, and I'd always wanted to step aboard one. Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks its serious military purpose. The lyrics are merely picturesque and somewhat reminiscent and suggestive of far-away places. Small it was, with a picturesque inn, gingerbread houses, and a stinking brewery looming over the landscape a few miles outside of town. The bar and DJ decks are located along the back wall, allowing clubbers to enjoy the music and the picturesque views. Bright twinkles of stars had also started to emerge and the whole scene had become even more picturesque than previously. While there you can take in its picturesque hillsides and valleys, along with visiting the Mekong Delta. A group of kids escorts his motorcade to the picturesque town square, where a crowd of about 100 has gathered. Low agricultural lands are now submerged in water due to heavy rains, which will dry out in Autumn and will generate another picturesque view. The blushing bride looked picturesque and beyond anything we might have imagined. Depicting underpopulated picturesque rustic scenes had become commonplace by the 17th century. Walk through the mountains, bogs, and coastal islands of Ireland's picturesque West Country. The houses were in a picturesque village, and the first one was absolutely bogging. Scenic beaches line the island and are just minutes from the picturesque countryside, quiet sleepy lanes and stunning views. They often looked quite picturesque, the womenfolk in their bonnets and the men folk in their straw hats. Show More Sentences The scenery surrounding me was so picturesque, so grand that it took my breath away even though I'd seen it a myriad number of times before. The picturesque and historic village of Attanagh is located near Durrow on the border with Kilkenny. The terraced waterfalls are picturesque against the backdrop of high, green mountains. The picturesque nature of many of the pieces is a great stimulus to the imagination. Just a few miles off the highway, Blair is a distinguished prep school with a picturesque campus that rivals most colleges. The navigation joins the river at Athy, a picturesque town with old warehouses lining the harbour. Though beautifully picturesque to the untrained eye, it's also a new breed of high-tech wharf. Lahardane is a picturesque village nestling at the foot of Nephin and easily accessible from all major North Mayo areas. The next day she said the landscape as they cruised along the River Rhine was very picturesque with little villages nestling in the hills. My friend and I have just come upon a picturesque farmhouse on a rolling prairie. A loose grouping of artists worked for shorter or longer periods in this picturesque Breton town. Fort's colourful and amusing prose meanders through picturesque towns and sleepy villages where soporific suppers are served. And the picturesque Coate area of south Swindon will be one of the sites up for discussion. The next stopover was Kovai Kutrallam and the picturesque locale was nothing short of breathtaking. Queensland's southernmost beaches are both picturesque, even if somewhat developed. Lighthouses, for instance, have a certain romance about them, and Dutch windmills are considered highly picturesque. It is striking and effective, complementing the picturesque Trinity verdure. A tour through the St. Lawrence Valley will let the traveller experience picturesque islands, rugged fjords and a bucolic countryside. The house is at the centre of a picturesque crescent of houses surrounding a green. This weekend sees the second Salisbury Motor Show to be held in the picturesque grounds of Wilton House, the stately home of the Pembroke family. Show More Sentences At present, a series of derelict agricultural buildings and concrete hardstanding represent an eyesore in an otherwise picturesque setting. One of the additional benefits of rowing is that the action usually takes place at picturesque locations, such as lochs and canals. All is spread out in a picturesque wooded glen with a brook flowing serenely nearby. Head for the Kabini River Lodge, a picturesque estate full of cashew and gulmohar trees originally owned by the Maharajas of Mysore. Some reports said the first plan would have involved removing most of the trees from the picturesque wooded knoll overlooking the harbour. Among the most picturesque items on display are the skilfully fashioned figures in pottery. However, the most picturesque of all bee-eaters in the world is the crimson plumaged carmine bee-eater. This beautiful lakelet is atop a picturesque mountain and offers a panoramic view of Poonch. The sight of huntsmen and women riding around in red tunics amid a pack of hounds is often described as picturesque. Before we left this picturesque place, we took a photo of the kind family we had lodged with. Life in the picturesque Yorkshire village of Knapely is pleasant, but placid to the point of paralysis. Just remember to keep your eyes peeled for the following picturesque piffling places. Longchamp is a very picturesque place and Paris has that romantic aura about it. Far from the hustle and grit of Berlin, it follows a quartet of young Germans lazing their lives away in a picturesque ski town in the Alps. His gentle vocals and picturesque lyrics are akin to floating down a lazy river. The surveyors and researchers worked, roomed, and boarded at the picturesque site along the edge of the Panama Canal. Wiltshire is home to some of the most picturesque towns and villages in the country, often attracting filmmakers to the county. Properties in the village range from picturesque cottages and council houses to large private homes. The final leg of the journey took us on a spectacular ride through picturesque mountains, with the motorway reaching 5,000 feet above sea level. The mountains surrounding this picturesque piece of water stretched high into the sky, the tips decorated with freshly fallen snow. Show More Sentences And she has also called for harsher penalties for litter louts who mar the city's picturesque streets. We villagers of Dundrum are extremely lucky to live in such a picturesque place in an area of outstanding beauty. Many of the shots of the picturesque Sicilian coastline are nothing short of breathtaking. The town has a picturesque harbour where humble and luxurious yachts rub shoulders. Fire crews feared the worst as a blaze gutted two picturesque cottages in a Cotswold village. It is to the explanation of the historical origins of that picturesque language that this essay addresses itself. Volume I is a normal book, describing in picturesque language the history of the cheese made at Tillamook. The mission involved a patrol to the northern-most extremity of the Solomon archipelago, to a picturesque atoll called Ontong Java. South Windsor is a lovely little town and the drive down to the launch was picturesque with rolling cornfields and wildflower meadows. The basin at Canal Head should be a wonderful addition to an already picturesque place. British romanticism transformed the landscape aesthetic towards seeing mountains as sublime and picturesque. My eyes flashed past Nathan picturesque face and caught a figure in black that stood out plainly in the mass of livid colors. The Limehouse Cut is an arrow-straight channel direct from Bow Locks to Limehouse, less picturesque and eerily quiet. We ascended the hill and passed through Montmartre, a little touristy but still very picturesque. It's the pub's picturesque name for a tasting of five obscure or lesser-known wines. The triathlon course is of Olympic distance and is spread over a challenging, picturesque and rugged terrain. She added that the town also lost out to places such as Moreton and Stow, which have more picturesque architecture and passing tourist traffic. His use of astringently pretty colors, such as acidic pink and lime green, pushed the paintings toward a kind of industrial picturesque. The village, while it makes a nice picturesque background, is not deeply important. We took a First ScotRail train, which has a picturesque route, from Edinburgh to Dunkeld. Show More Sentences The funny climax, shot against the picturesque sand dunes of Dubai, is a mix of madness and mayhem. The couple's home, which stands in the centre of the picturesque village, is in the same state as it was almost a year ago. This has to be one of the most picturesque places in Glasgow to read the weekend papers over a long lunch. The picturesque building was neat as a pin, despite being a working farm with Jersey cows and goats. People like Austrian resorts for their village atmosphere and picturesque settings. There's a shop in the picturesque village that attracts visitors from all over the country. In the picturesque village of Slovnje, dozens of homes have been burned out. We don't go to Scotland for the weather but when it's like this it is simply the most picturesque place on the planet that I have seen. The picturesque old town, situated on the summit of a scarped hill, lies northwest of Reims and northeast of Paris. Tourists flock there most of the year to savour its picturesque position among magnificent scenery. For a couple of silent minutes, he watched the picturesque scenery flash before him. The scenic route gives a picturesque view of the whole of North Kerry and West Limerick as well as a close look at the Clare coastline. Appropriately enough, it makes this transition within what we might think of as a picaresque interruption of the picturesque travel experience. They enjoy the picturesque location of the Embassy as well as look forward to home cooked Indian food. The green terraced fields and the smoke coming from the kitchen chimneys of the cottages below look like a picturesque oil painting. The meandering blue outlines of the river Yamuna, painted along the eastern margin of the map, makes the city picturesque. The picturesque coastal village of Arnside sits on the estuary of the River Kent where it flows into Morecambe Bay. It has cypress and ilex and olive trees to set in picturesque contrast against the bleached earth. Green and fertile with magnificent valleys, dramatic mountainous terrain, and a rich cultural history, the island is engagingly picturesque. With very few exceptions, most of the rest of the population lives in small picturesque villages on the seacoast. Show More Sentences Straddling a sharp turn of the Wuyang River, its picturesque jumble of stone and concrete houses line banks loomed over by steep, humpy hills. The slopes are covered with thick forests while the basins hold orchards, fields and picturesque hamlets. As we left the picturesque surroundings of the bay, John gave us our briefing. The sun is low in the sky as jackaroos on motorbikes muster a mob of weaner rams along the picturesque Egelabra lagoon. The picturesque, to be sure, is equally deficient in his chirography and in his poetical productions. The medieval ports of Lannion and Treguier are short drives away, each with picturesque timbered houses and ancient churches. It will bring together almost all of the watercolours and sketches Mackintosh made at the picturesque Mediterranean waterfront of Port Vendres. So, have fun eating, drinking and being merry whether it's by a roaring fire or a slightly less picturesque roaring radiator. Painters settled along the Arroyo Seco, the picturesque gulch on the city's west side. Towards the end of the eighteenth century a picturesque rock landscape with a cascade, grottoes and a hermit's cave was constructed. Up the bare trunks of trees were grown passion flowers, flaming nasturtiums, jasmine, and honeysuckles to finish the picturesque scene. On a chilly Sunday evening, amidst the picturesque Necklace Road, Hyderabadis were witness to a special event. Malawi was not picturesque enough for the anonymous European settler suspected of importing water hyacinth a century ago. By the same token, Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson, MA, MB, Ch.B., FRCS, a Harley Street gynaecologist, provided the ideal accoucheur for the picturesque monster. I must visit the picturesque European wine lake region some time. Though Walker says she adores her picturesque home in Hawaii, she is considering returning to a world filled with more people. A beautiful walkway, a picturesque marina and an abundance of wildlife, gave a feeling of peace and tranquillity within a bustling rural village of Leighlinbridge. Elegant oil paintings alternated with picturesque watercolours, while a number of acrylic paintings enlivened the display spread over two rooms at the gallery. Those picturesque Eastern European capitals with their glistening waterfronts and their pretty mediaeval old towns and their flat taxes are the new centre. While rafting and kayaking in Nepal, adventurers can float along picturesque mountain rivers enjoying tranquil views, far from the well-traveled paths. Show More Sentences Every Wednesday, rain or shine, a minimal cover charge allows you to support local and regional musicians while enjoying a lazy summer evening in picturesque settings. Allithwaite, which lies to the west of Grange, north of Kents Bank, is also close to picturesque Humphrey Head, the tallest limestone cliff in Cumbria. Against a picturesque backdrop, our sailors charted the course to glory, confirming their position as the most successful team within the British ranks. So I want to treat this as a piece of realism rather than the picturesque tradition, which tends to depict an idealised version of English heritage. The entrance is one of the more picturesque in the Dales, especially in spring when the sides are a mass of colour from bluebells, wild garlic, and primroses. Other features include a picturesque beer-garden and an in-house wine cellar, with over 150, mostly Austrian, wines which the guests are encouraged to taste. They have also announced ambitious and long-term plans to refurnish the picturesque Rudkins Mill, which is a wonderful landmark on their stretch of canal. Explore the picturesque beauty of the sand beaches of St. John, the beauty of the sea caves around Virgin Gorda try your hand at yachting at St. Martin. Another realist was Frederic Remington, whose lively representations of the picturesque Old West brought him popularity in sculpture, painting, and illustration. Similar picturesque thatched cottages with lattice windows are illustrated in the children's picture sheets issued by early nineteenth-century publishers. During the American colonial period, they received their modern name from English traders who noted that their towns always sat on the banks of picturesque creeks. Famous for its picturesque medieval chateau and rock stars' villas, Neuchatel clings to the steep wooded slopes on the north bank of its eponymous lake. But more picturesque venues include the Gothic convent of St Agnes of Bohemia and the Kinsky Palace, the most beautiful rococo building in Prague. A week later gill, 32, was taking a break in the Lake District, a picturesque sweep of mountains outside Manchester. One Street Museum is dedicated to the picturesque old Kiev street called Andriyivskyy Descent, on which it is situated. Later, we hiked up a picturesque trail to the Dovbush rocks, which are a sort of local Stonehenge. She was living the life of a soccer mom in Ladera Ranch, a picturesque community north of San Diego. Like the river from which it takes its name, the series may occasionally seem picturesque but closer inspection reveals malodorous and stagnant depths. The purple hues of the early evening sky paint a picturesque backdrop against the silhouettes of domes and Spires. The chasm is not a peaceful picturesque place, but a reminder of nature's power, which is emphasized by the scratchy crosshatching of the drawing. Show More Sentences Where we live is so picturesque that even the bus shelters are thatched. You can spend your day meandering through the maze-like cobbled paths that are lined with picturesque Venetian-style houses painted in rainbow pastels. He has witnessed changes in the area over the last four decades and said he is saddened by the current state of what used to be a picturesque beauty spot. The programme relied almost exclusively on picturesque images from the long-gone era of horse-drawn wagons, roadside tinsmithery and jolly beggarmen singing for their supper. It's on Peninsula Lake, in the picturesque North Muskoka region, handy for the Algonquin park and perfect for year-round canoeing, hiking and riding. The family's home was surrounded by green fields and picturesque woods, and as children, Daniel and his brother and sisters learned to ride, on their own Shetland pony. The rest of the station is mostly open grassland and light timber, liberally endowed with picturesque billabongs, and the other two rivers snaking their way through it all. His social snapshots reveal the unhappy repercussions of tyranny and poverty in a picturesque Africa. The picturesque Umbrian hill town of Perugia may have seemed an idyllic setting for cultural and linguistic enhancement. But the area is also an unexplored region of picturesque villages and surprising flavors. At the same time, she deftly sidesteps the temptation of the Oriental picturesque, to which numerous other authors on this subject have succumbed. The society is set in a picturesque medieval mini castle not far from the palazzo Vecchio. The tiny village of Clonegal nestles in a picturesque valley, deep in the lush, rolling countryside where counties Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow meet. Built on its reputation as a spa town, it now thrives on its connections with major cities, picturesque surroundings, and a reputation for good schools. Buttonwood is a shrubby mangrove tree that has a picturesque appearance when exposed to constant seashore winds creating an attractive addition to the beach. It's the capital of the Jutland peninsula, on the north-east coast, and is known throughout the country for its old-world charm and picturesque streets. The Prince visited the Royal Oak pub on a visit to the picturesque North Yorkshire market town in 1994 and it seems he was keen to revisit his old haunts on today's trip. If you are in a helicopter, you will see a picturesque stretch of water with trees and huts like blobs of green and brown on a canvas of ochre-blue. After stopping back in Savannah to fill-up and to have hamburgers in the car at the local Sonic, we struck out across country on picturesque back roads. In this exceptionally picturesque region, beauty and grinding toil continue to coexist, very much as described in John Steinbeck's novels, notably The Grapes of Wrath. Show More Sentences But gradually, small, picturesque, red-earthern hamlets became large, dreary, grey-brick villages and, as dusk fell, the hazy sun disappeared behind thick sulphurous smog. Virtual Cumbria, which offers complete 360 x 360 degree views of 150 of the county's most picturesque landscapes and honeypots, went online on Monday. There is something about these sort of journeys, with the old carriages chugging along, that makes arriving at picturesque villages all the more enjoyable. Houses of this era often had formal parterres with coloured and patterned bedding on the garden side of the house, slipping into picturesque prospects beyond the terrace. It is a picturesque leafy enclave threaded by narrow cobbled streets and an ancient tramway, with close-packed houses, early nineteenth-century mansions and walled gardens. Halifax, surprisingly, had quite an array of picturesque buildings. As we go back in history, language becomes more picturesque. The Swiss have for long tempted Indian film-makers to use the Alps and other picturesque locales as the backdrop for romantic interludes in Bollywood films. Demands for a picturesque and playable turf in place by tourist season make waiting for appropriate seasonal temperatures an unrealistic option for most turf managers. We also went to the picturesque local shops and stocked up on tinned olive oil, dried porcini mushrooms, Lavazza coffee, Arborio rice and bottles of wine and Amaretto. My greatest pleasure of the weekend came from simply pottering about in the delightful and picturesque Jordaan district, which I'd love to call home forevermore. It is set in picturesque surroundings, and has rich feeding for the stocked rainbows and browns, with shrimp, snails, perch fry and corixae particularly abundant. And when you're ready to leave dry ground behind, take a boat tour of the picturesque Atchafalaya River Basin to encounter gators, birds, and the vast beauty of the swamp. The city combines beauty with picturesque association of a glorious past. The picturesque hilltop town exploded into celebration with news of the win, with locals buying bottles of Prosecco and toasting each other on the street. He had a talent for self-advertisement and had built himself up into a picturesque figure given to gnomic utterances about his own significance in the world. The infirmary has 65 en-suite rooms which open on to picturesque gardens. The large herd of camels, the Afghans, of whom there are 68, in their diversified and picturesque costumes, the camp-fires, and Oriental camp equipage made up a novel scene. There was no scope whatsoever for picturesque massing or sculptural effects, making the design of the exterior essentially an exercise in cladding. His film makes good use of the cultural disjunctures that are commonplace now in an urban setting, like the rank pollution of the otherwise picturesque Suzhou River itself. Show More Sentences Our reforms would see much more unused and unfunctional brownfield land developed into a much more picturesque landscape of working allotments. Later the picturesque laneways and boreens went to wrack and ruin due to neglect. It's a partly transparent circular tent on the Baltic nation's picturesque Saaremaa Island. Its three outdoor terraces and rustically modern ballroom overlook the Big Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks and picturesque Ozark Mountains. Also, many desired to maintain the picturesque valley in its existing state. The cockatoo farmer of South Australia lives a plentiful but not a picturesque life, and unless he gets hopelessly into debt is his own master. The city's picturesque downtown shopping district also makes it a great location to enjoy boutique shopping. As a result, Cossack units were frequently broken up into small detachments for use as scouts, messengers or picturesque escorts. Salvator Rosa gave picturesque excitement to his landscapes by showing wilder Southern Italian country, often populated by banditi. Little Aden also has a local township and numerous picturesque fishing villages, including the Lobster Pots of Ghadir. Travel writer Ryan Levitt considered the main Tsim Sha Tsui to Central route one of the most picturesque in the world. In the picturesque name, the 'devil' refers to the ball and the 'tailors' are the skittles. The rich enamel'd meads, the irriguous streams, the lowing oxen and the battening sheep, all form a scene that is truly picturesque. Your journey begins at Norchard Station, where you board your train and travel through the picturesque Forest of Dean to Parkend. The park is a dense green lung studded with small, object buildings that form a suitably picturesque array in the landscape. Oysterbed Pier is only two kilometers away from the picturesque coastal village of Sneem and is a quiet and peaceful area. Indeed, he records that many locals regarded the mountainous and wild landscapes as monstrous and ugly rather than romantic or picturesque. Located in the village of Upstreet, the picturesque inn is a few miles from Canterbury and Herne Bay. He extended the landscaped area in the picturesque romantic style, contrasting with the formality of his father's work. A group of 25 farmers from the picturesque Maval taluka in India's Pune district have joined hands to set up weekend getaways for tourists. Show More Sentences Then there are less picturesque, more pernicious, NSA-style agencies who occupy themselves with surveilling our virtual selves as well. A massive brawl that shattered the peace of a picturesque corner of Somerset has been blamed on a huge Welsh stag party. In the Google Street View awards of 2010, Grey Street came 3rd in the British picturesque category. The island's largest settlement is Portree, known for its picturesque harbour. The picturesque 64-mile Cateran trail starts and he finishes at Blairgowrie. After driving milk floats in and around Coventry for 30 years it will be nice to take one further in what will be a picturesque route. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the ruined castles started to be considered picturesque and sublime, attracting visitors and artists from across a wide area. The epicentre of attention will be the picturesque Manuka Oval, which will be the venue for enthusiasts to catch all the enthralling sporting action. Or experience the changing of the seasons in the picturesque and rarely travelled Bladebone wilderness of Prince Albert National Park's west side. Based in Stornoway on Lewis, walkers can trek to deserted villages and Great Bernera on picturesque paths through the machair and across pristine beaches. The competition gets more than 100 people taking part building sandcastles and sculptures on the North Shore beach in the picturesque Welsh seaside resort. The area of Calderglen was celebrated as a picturesque wooded valley. The picturesque Shell Island, which stretches from Harlech to Talybont and overlooks Cardigan Bay, has been a popular camping ground for families from the region for decades. I've been given a luxury shave, had a go at an army entrance exam, driven Wales' bendiest roads, and taken a tour along our most picturesque routes in a convertible. On the site of a former rose-growing nursery, each home is nestled in a spacious plot, surrounded by picturesque mature trees, rosebeds and immaculately landscaped plazas. We have teamed up with Caledonian Travel to offer a chance for one lucky reader to win a 12-day holiday for two to picturesque Lake Garda and the romantic city of Venice. These range from picturesque rural branch lines like the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway to sections of mainline such as the Great Central Railway. There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking. His descriptions are often picturesque, and marked by striking similes. Gradually, he abandoned his picturesque style in favour of naturalism. Show More Sentences These picturesque craggy heights form the parapet of High Raise's southern plateau, standing atop the valley wall and the centrepiece of many views. The picturesque Chiltern Hills and Dunstable Downs are within a twominute car journey and you can be in London in just over half an hour by train. Brothers Water provides a picturesque view on the descent to Patterdale. The Haute-Marne district and wider Champagne-Ardenne region boast history, picturesque scenery, wildlife, mouthwatering cuisine and of course the famous fizz. A Twitter feed run by Monmouthshire Council promoting the picturesque Wye Valley, exploited a tense stand-off which saw armed police surround a house in Chepstow on Wednesday. It is signified by a warm colour scale and a picturesque use of colour. The first illustrated tour guide to be published in Britain, it helped travellers locate and enjoy the most picturesque places, such as Tintern Abbey. In particular, after William Gilpin's Observations on the River Wye was published in 1770, the idea of the picturesque began to influence artists and viewers. The leaves are most picturesque, for they are palmately compound and separated into five or seven leaflets that shape-up into a circular or semi-circular design. One of the most picturesque of the old flintlock guns is the blunderbuss, which was often carried by coach guards for protection against highwaymen. We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean. Examples from Classical Literature Moonlight is always picturesque, because it substitutes mass and breadth for the obtrusiveness of petty particulars. Count Rumford, however, was a picturesque character, and a good advertiser. We passed and repassed picturesque groups of Mazatec indians with their burdens. It stood two storied, verandaed and hideous, a blot upon the soil of picturesque Mexico. Kastamuni in wintertime is a picturesque Turkish town, and has a character all its own. The picturesque effect of the birches is remarkable, flanked by the massive outlines and drooping tassels of the rimu. The picturesque old fought a brave battle with the tinsel and tawdriness of the new. The walk, too, along the side of the mountains by way of marling and picturesque St. Anton is one to be enjoyed and remembered. In picturesque beauty their attire would favorably compare with the court dresses of most of the European monarchies. Most picturesque of all the figures to be seen in Edinburgh are the newhaven fishwives. This is called a 'loshuis,' or open house, and very picturesque it is to look at. The railway carries us westwardly to Ameca, a picturesque town, and thence the saddle is our means of conveyance. Tuesday morning, August 19th, found us paralleling the picturesque river Yonne, which waters the vine-clad valleys of Burgundy. The outer garment was the mantle, or peplos, shaped like a shawl and capable of a variety of picturesque drapings. On the west side appeared the rocks of which kobo had told them, and which presented a most picturesque appearance. We passed some Swazi kraals, and got directions from their picturesque occupants. He looked at the bow-windows, the cheap picturesque gables, the terracotta dragons clawing a dirty sky. The wharves and godowns which line Makassar's water-front form an unattractive screen to a picturesque and charming town. The kibla in this mosque is a picturesque domed structure higher than the rest of the building. A mob-cap was once upon a time a picturesque finish to a pretty face, and it was of home-manufacture. Show More Sentences Aalesund is another island port, smaller than Christiansund, but full as picturesque. The castle of uss was added to at different times, as is obvious from the picturesque originality of the building. The country about Burnsville is not only mildly picturesque, but very pleasing. There are picturesque glimpses in Mr. Kipling's vulgar stories of fighting. There are pleasant walks by the Rhine, beautiful anlagen, a picturesque old tower, and the site of Gutenberg's house to see. Toombs was a short, thick, heavy-set man of the Websterian type, and one of the South's most picturesque orators. Another of picturesque appeal is the bisnaga or barrel cactus, of which there are many species of many sizes. Every wykehamist remembers the ancient and picturesque mills of Winchester, with the mill-stream bridged by the main street. The little villages were quaint and picturesque, but the pav road was rough and tiring. To our mind the ideal upland stream is one of the most picturesque features in the peak district. Arbuthnott Church, kincardineshire, is an interesting and picturesque structure, containing work of three distinct periods. His ceremonies were similar to those paid to Saman in Ireland, but more picturesque. Lofty houses, gay in tawdry colors and picturesque in their dishevelment, looked down on a crowd as varied as any on earth. A drive along the picturesque shore of the Arabian Sea is an experience never to be forgotten. The durbar was one of the most striking and picturesque sights I have seen. The clear blue water was alive with Chinese coasting craft, small and large, of most picturesque appearance. With no claim to symmetry, the black gum is a striking and picturesque figure in winter. The revulsion accentuated her enjoyment of the picturesque aspects of the scene. There are other trees that some like better, but I think the coconut palm is the most picturesque, the finest tree to plant. To the American eye it is a musical comedy costume, picturesque, bouffant, amazing. Show More Sentences Of those principles the most original was his familiarization of the sentiment, while he elevated the subject, of the picturesque. All the merit of proverbs consists in the concise and picturesque expression. How a young lover made ridiculous by the gawkiness of modern costume must envy the picturesque gallants of seventy years ago! And I discovered in his speeches that this man of books could be graphic and picturesque. It is mountainous in character and its scenery is most beautiful and picturesque. On Montmartre I know a picturesque and crowded corner which is simply Algiers. His attitudes and walk were graceful, picturesque, often superb, but not absolutely free from conventionalism. St. Sophia ought no longer to be a mere lounge for the sightseer or a spectacle for the lover of the picturesque. It has a picturesque situation, and some buildings that claim a place in the sketchbook. Aleria to cort by a picturesque road following the course of the Tavignano. Another prominent trait in the style of Bacchylides is his love of picturesque detail. We are snobby, because our advance in the new art does not yet extend to the picturesque or well-fitting. This picturesque privilege the family enjoyed till the end of the Holy Roman Empire. As they neared the picturesque figure, King Lear bowed low before Patty, and held out his hand for her dance card. The last dreams of the night or hypnopompic visions generally dramatize our awakening in picturesque, symbolical fashion. She spoke with a demure dignity of which the picturesque value was well known to her. The view of derry at the distance of a mile or two is the most picturesque of any place I have seen. He was a prophetic figure in the most picturesque and sterile land of the stockman. The Saco River has its source not far from the house, its birthplace being a picturesque little lake. If one desires a thoroughly insular climate, he may cross to the picturesque island of Santa Catalina. Show More Sentences The church has a very picturesque outline, with a saddle-backed tower like that of St. Sampson's, in Guernsey. Terraces descended to the wall below, where our view swept over a wide range of picturesque country, watered by the Indre. He took from his pocket a stylographic pen and dashed a picturesque sign manual across a page. Their swords and chapeaux, which they had thrown under a tree, formed such a picturesque heap! The village was picturesque, in the variety of its edifices, though all were rude. The sugar pine is as free from conventionalities as the most picturesque oaks. The upper part of the river is extremely picturesque, and its shores abound in all the varieties of an intertropical vegetation. Rocks, huge and picturesque, jut out into the stream, affording beautiful views of the river and the distant city. That image will be of the Holyoke Range, a modest but picturesque mountain chain that scientists believe has existed for 200 million years. 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