Example Sentences

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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

As a matter of fact, quite a number of his plots are swamped by what he forces into them with the zeal of an encyclopaedist.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

He is in short a semeur d'idées-force rather than an encyclopaedist or a system-maker.

From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various

This order comprised the rich banker and the beggar at his gate, the learned encyclopaedist and the water-carrier that could not spell his name.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)

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