Example Sentences

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The poor lad's head was full of this encyclopaedist trash.

From Scaramouche by Sabatini, Rafael

To attempt to tell you seriatim and in detail just what they are like is the task of an encyclopaedist.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward

Ivan Petrovich's former tutor, the retired Abbé and encyclopaedist, had satisfied himself with pouring all the collective wisdom of the eighteenth century over his pupil; and so the pupil existed, saturated with it.

From Liza "A nest of nobles" by Ralston, William Ralston Shedden

"Hobbling John" took up the thread of his predecessor's poem in the spirit of a wit and an encyclopaedist.

From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

The trio arrived in Paris in November, and were greatly befriended by their countryman, Grimm, the encyclopaedist, secretary to the Duke of Orleans.

From Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians by Rowlands, Walter