Furthermore, the Spanish War deposed the Civil War from its position as the last event of great external picturesqueness in the national history.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
I confess to thinking that Mr. Allen's account of the influences which surrounded Mr. Darwin's youth, if tainted with picturesqueness, is still substantially correct.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
Yet, nevertheless, there was a sort of picturesqueness in the brooding sky, the russet woods, the purple hedges, and the new-ploughed furrows; while now and again a distant mansion, set on a height, shone a fair yellow above its terraced lawn.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black