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We saw, however, some fine remains of a wall, which might have been called Cyclopian, but that the blocks which composed it were of _one_ size.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various
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Occasionally, but very rarely, and only (so far as appears) in their remoter dependencies, the Phoenicians constructed their buildings in the rude and irregular way, which has been called Cyclopian, employing unhewn polygonal blocks of various sizes, and fitting them roughly together.
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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The angles, indeed, were of squared stone; but even there the blocks measured no more than three feet in length and a foot in height: the rest of the masonry consisted of small polygonal stones, merely smoothed on their outer face, and roughly fitting together in a manner recalling the Cyclopian walls of
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Among these are walls in the style called "Cyclopian," built of a very hard material, and more than thirty-two feet thick, which seem to have surrounded the ancient Byrsa or citadel, and which are still in places sixteen feet high. [
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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I did not, however, know the Weeping Bipenile Cyclopian Insect Monster.
The Art World: It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma! EAGEAGEAG 2009
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Ah! my husband, fondly loved, thou art a wandering spectre; unwashed, unburied lies thy corpse, while o'er the sea the ship sped by wings will carry me to Argos, land of steeds, where stand Cyclopian walls of stone upreared to heaven.
The Trojan Women 2008
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Ah! my husband, fondly loved, thou art a wandering spectre; unwashed, unburied lies thy corpse, while o'er the sea the ship sped by wings will carry me to Argos, land of steeds, where stand Cyclopian walls of stone upreared to heaven.
The Trojan Women 2008
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What with our Cyclopian Chancellor's taxes, it's pretty difficult to get a bottle of decent malt for £12.50, let alone get it delivered.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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What with our Cyclopian Chancellor's taxes, it's pretty difficult to get a bottle of decent malt for £12.50, let alone get it delivered.
Whisky Galore! 2005
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Cyclopian land [28] howl, applying the steel to their head cropped of hair over the calamity of our house.
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides
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