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He is concerned, he says, to complete “a cyclopedia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great metropolis”.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2017

"I can put anything to music, including the en cyclopedia," he once remarked, with an engaging lack of diffidence.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the latter purpose a good cyclopedia of quotations, like the Hoyt, will be found very helpful.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

His “I’ll risk it” was a whole cyclopedia of condensed gallantry.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

He would have liked to read all the books in the library—but he started in on a cyclopedia.

From Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Whipple, Wayne