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Excerpt from Picturesque Antiquities of English Cities: Illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Antient Buildings, Street Scenery, Etc., With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each Subject
Not only in his various tours, and Remarks on Forest Scenery, but in a volume of Essays, on Picturesque Beauty, and Picturesque Travel, Mr. Gilpin has employed and advocated this compound phrase and complex idea. The author's meaning may be understood, as implying the beauty of picturesque objects, and travels in search of picturesque scenes.
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