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"Cyclop," said Ulysses, "if any ask thee who imposed on thee that unsightly blemish in thine eye, say it was Ulysses, son of Laertes: the king of Ithaca am I called, the waster of cities."
The Adventures of Ulysses Charles Lamb 1804
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_] "Cyclop," he said, "take a bowl of wine from the hand of your guest: it may serve to digest the man's flesh that you have eaten, and show what drink our ship held before it went down.
The Adventures of Ulysses Charles Lamb 1804
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Over lunch today I ended up explaining my love of Cyclop.
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Over lunch today I ended up explaining my love of Cyclop.
2009 February 2009
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There he is now, hoisting and hoisting again, a Cyclop, enormous, with a torso that seems built in one to the knees.
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There dwelt this Cyclop chief, in a cavern of the rocks.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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The Cyclop, Leontyevna, Sergius Andreevich's servant, tramped in heavily with her man's boots from the Labour Exchange; her solitary eye peered searchingly into Anna Andreevna's stove.
Tales of the Wilderness Boris Pilniak 1915
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Leontyevna, the Cyclop maid from the Exchange, lay down on a bench in the kitchen to rest from the day's work, said her prayers, and fell into a sound sleep.
Tales of the Wilderness Boris Pilniak 1915
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She peered into the stove and discovered that Leontyevna, the maid -- a one-eyed Cyclop -- had filled it with birch-wood, whereas it had been agreed that the rotting timber from the summer-house should be used as fuel first.
Tales of the Wilderness Boris Pilniak 1915
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The Cyclop flew into a rage and slapped her thighs.
Tales of the Wilderness Boris Pilniak 1915
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