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CHAPTER III. 



There are few words, whose meaning 

 has been less accurately determined than 

 that of the word picturesque. 



In general, I believe, it is applied to 

 every object, and every kind of scenery, 

 which has been, or might be represented 

 with good effect in painting; just as the 

 word beautiful (when we speak of visible 

 nature) is applied to every object, and every 

 kind of scenery, that in any way give 

 pleasure to the eye; and these seem to be 

 the significations of both words, taken in 

 their most extended and popular sense. A 

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