Definition of "captivating"

[T]he eye is delighted by a continual succession of small landscapes of captivating loveliness.

1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rural Life in England”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], page 134