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Sir Uvedale Price, On the picturesque : with an essay On the origin of taste, and much original matter (1842)

Price, Uvedale, Sir, 1747-1829, Lauder, Thomas Dick, Sir, 1784-1848 · Edinburgh : Caldwell, Lloyd ; London : Orr · leaf 121

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, in our description of natural scenery, languageis often found to be so poor, that no word which conveys a tolerablywell defined idea should ever be rejected. Since the word in questionwas coined, a new one has been more recently created—I mean theword sculpturesque, now very generally employed by… … CHAPTER IV. From all that has been stated in the last chapter, picturesqueness ap-pears to hold a station between beauty and sublimity; and, on thataccount, perhaps, is more frequently, and more happily blended withthem both, than they are with each other. It is, however, perfectlydistinct from…

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