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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

The best are The World Book En cyclopedia, which has dominated the grade-school market in recent years, Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia and Britannica Junior Encyclopaedia.

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

It seemed at first as if nothing less than a cyclopedia could contain what would have to be used.

From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted