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Yet I cannot but believe for I have never yet caught him in a lie, while he has a cyclopaedic knowledge of sealing and the men of the sealing fleets.

From The Sea Wolf by London, Jack

It rightly does not attempt to be cyclopaedic, but isolates a number of figures of first-rate importance, and deals with these in a very attractive way.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by Dennis, John

We have said that Tom was not a remarkable scholar; yet he was a scholar, he was cyclopaedic.

From The Mystery of Monastery Farm by Naylor, H. R.